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THE  BOOK  OF 
LOUISIANA 


A  NEWSPAPER  REFERENCE 

WORK 


PUBLISHED    BY 

THK    NEW    ORLEANS    ITEM 
1916 


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I>AMERO>r-l*IERSON    CO..    I^rn. 
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INTRODUCTION 

HE  BOOK  OF  LOUISIANA  IS  INTENDED 
TO  BE  A  BOOK  OF  READY  UTILITY 
FOR  THE  NEWSPAPER  EDITORS 
AND  ARTISTS.  IT  IS  ISSUED  AS  A 
PRACTICAL  PUBLICATION  TO  MEET  THE 
NEWSPAPER  DEMANDS  FOR  ILLUSTRA- 
TIONS. NEWSPAPERS  ARE  USING  ILLUS- 
TRATIONS TODAY  MORE  THAN  THEY  EVER 
HAVE  AND  THE  REASON  MORE  PICTURES 
ARE  NOT  USED  IS  BECAUSE  THEY  ARE  NOT 
AVAILABLE.  THE  PURPOSE  OF  THIS  WORK 
IS  TO  MAKE  AVAILABLE,  TO  THE  PRINCI- 
PAL NEWSPAPER  PUBLICATIONS  OF  THE 
UNITED  STATES,  LATE  PICTURES  AND  COR- 
RECT AND  RELIABLE  DATA  OF  SOME  OF 
THE  MEN  PROMINENT  IN  THE  COMMER- 
CIAL, PROFESSIONAL,  OFFICIAL,  POLITICAL 
AND  SOCIAL  ACTI\  ITIES  IN  THE  STATE  OF 
LOUISIANA. 


OUISIANA  only  recently  realized  her  greatness  aiul  is  rapidly  coming  forward  as  one  of  the 
great  states,  commercially,  industrially  and  agricidtiirally,  of  the  Union.  It  is  keeping  pace  with 
the  progress  of  its  great  metropolis,  New  Orleans.  The  name  Louisiana  was  first  applied  by 
La  Salle  in  1083,  when  he  referred  to  the  vast  territory  watered  by  the  Mississippi  and  its 
tributaries  which  he  thus  dedicated  to  King  Louis  XIV  of  l-'rance.  In  l.')28  Xarvaez  led  an 
ex])cdition  from  Cuba  into  h'lorida.  Defeated  by  the  Indians  he  retreated  to  the  coast  only  to 
find  that  liis  ships  were  gone.  He  and  his  associates  built  some  rude  crafts.  After  several  days 
sailing  they  passed  a  great  river,  the  swirling  waters  of  which  scattered  their  boats  and  Narvaez  was  never 
heard  of  again.  Tliree  of  the  crude  boats  reached  Texas,  and  after  having  been  detained  six  years  by  the 
Indians,   several   of  the   survivors,   led   by   de   Vacla,   reached   a   Si)anish   settlement   in   Mexico. 

b'leven  years  later  De  Soto  sailed  from  Cuba  with  a  large  force  and  landed  on  the  coast  <>i  Tampa 
Bay,  determined  to  conquer  the  territory  already  exi)lored  by  Narvaez.  The  expedition  failed  and  De 
Sotii  died,      lie   was  buried  in  the  trunk  of  a  tree. 

In  the  latter  part  of  the  seventeenth  century  France  was  badly  in  need  of  money  and  turned  to  its 
colonies.  Iberville  was  sent  in  1698  to  settle  the  state.  .'\n  able  seaman,  inured  to  the  hardships  of  tlie 
life  of  a  pioneer  by  liis  experiences  in  Canada,  he  was  in  every  way  iitted  for  the  great  task  which  had 
been  allotted  to  him.  With  four  shi|)S  and  200  emigrants  he  crossed  the  .Xtlantic  and  after  touching  at 
San  Domingo  and  I'ensacola,  at  wliich  point  lie  fmiiid  the  Si)aniards  already  establislied,  anchored  in 
Mobile   Bay. 

After  cruising  among  the  islands  along  the  coast,  he  reached  the  mouth  of  the  Mississippi  on  March 
2,  1699,  and  for  the  first  time  since  La  Salle's  visit,  the  solemn  notes  of  the  Te  Deuni  sounded  throu,gh 
the  dismal  swamps.  Iberville  ascended  the  Mississippi  as  far  as  the  Red  River  and  returned  by  the  same 
route  to  tlie  mouth  of  Bayou  I\Ianchac,  where  he,  accompanied  by  tiirec  coinpanions  and  an  Indian  guide, 
left  the  others  to  continue  their  way  by  river,  and  entered  Bayou  Manchac,  tlience  through  Lakes  Maure- 
pas,  Ponchartrain  and  Borgne,  to  Mississippi  Sound  and  Mobile  Bay  which  he  thus  reached  before  the 
river  party. 

As  he  had  found  no  spot  on  the  river  free  from  the  annual  overflow,  he  erected  a  fort  on  the  east 
side  of  Biloxi  Bay  (named  after  an  Indian  tribe),  where  is  now  Ocean  Springs  and  called  it  Biloxi.  Iber- 
ville left  Louisiana  to  take  part  in  the  War  of  the  Spanish  Succession  and  left  his  younger  brother,  Bien- 
ville, in  charge.  A  settlement  was  made  on  Mobile  Bay  to  which  the  capital  was  removed.  Sickness  and 
lack  of  funds  retarded  the  development  of  the  colony. 

Meantime  Louis  XV  became  tired  of  the  burden  of  Louisiana,  wdiich  had  failed  to  produce  as  he  had 
expected  and  he  sold  the  concession  of  the  colony  with  exclusive  control  of  the  trade  as  far  north  as  Illinois, 
to  Anthony  Crozat,  a  wealthi'  Paris  banker,  who  was  to  give  the  king  a  share  in  the  precious  stones  and 
wealthy  metals.  Cadillac  was  appointed  governor  by  the  proprietor  and  Bienville  was  named  lieutenant 
governor. 

A  trading  post  was  established  at  Natchitoches  and  a  few  other  places  and  trading  was  vainly  sought 
with  Me-xico.  Cadillac  declared  war  against  the  powerful  Natchez  Indians  for  having  murdered  some 
Frenchmen  and  sent  Bienville  with  a  small  force  against  them.  He  succeeded  by  strategy  in  decoying 
some  of  the  leaders  into  his  hands  and  forced  them  to  accept  his  terrns.  De  I'F.pinay  now  became  governor 
but  insofar  as  the  trading  was  concerned  had  no  better  success  than  Cadillac.  As  Crozat  had  parted  with 
a  large  part  of  his  fortune  in  an  encleavor  to  make  money  out  of  Louisiana  he  decided  to  restore  the  king's 
gift   by   resigning   the   charter. 

In  1717  the  French  company  chartered  a  company  to  take  over  Louisiana.  .-Kt  the  head  of  the  com- 
pany was  John  Law,  a  Scotchman,  who  by  his  bold  financial  schemes,  had  dazzled  the  regent  Due  D'Or- 
leans  and  obtained  great  influences  in  the  management  of  the  government's  finances.  The  company  received 
a  2.5-year  charter  and  promised  during  that  jieriod  to  send  over  to  Louisiana  over  6,000  white  persons  and 
3,000  .African  slaves.  There  were  at  that  time  seven  hundred  whites  in  Louisiana.  Law's  great  insi.ght  into 
the  condition  of  the  country  was  displayed  by  his  advertising  among  the  people  of  the. lowlands  of  Lurope 
for  emigrants  to  Louisiana;  he  established  a  band  of  these  Germans  on  his  own  land  grant  in  Arkansas. 
Bienville  was  reinstated  governor  and  immediately  made  plans  for  a  settlement  on  the  Mississippi  River. 
Iberville  had  proven  the  land  on  the  left  bank  of  the  river.  South  of  Bayou  Manchac,  to  be  a  real 
island,  surrounded  by  the  waters  of  the  Mississippi,  Baj^ou  Manchac,  the  three  lakes  and  the  Gulf  of  Mex- 
ico. Bienville  chose  for  the  site  of  his  settlement  an  elevation  on  this  island  one  hundred  and  ten  miles 
from  the  river's  mouth,  between  the  head  of  Bayou  St.  John  and  the  river.  This  location  presented  many 
advantages  over  the  surrounding  country;  the  land  was  higher,  it  was  accessible  by  two  waterways,  by  the 
Mississippi  and  by  the  lakes  and  Bayou  St.  John;  it  was  well  known  to  the  Indians  of  that  district  as  the 
home  of  the  Houma  Indians;  hence  it  could  be  made  into  a  fine  trading  post.  It  was  here  that  New  Orleans 
was    established. 

When  Law's  great  bank  in  Paris  failed  the  poor  Germans  who  had  been  located  on  the  banks  of  the 
Arkansas  managed  to  reach  New  Orleans  and  begged  Bienville  to  send  them  back  to  their  homes.  He  per- 
suaded them  to  settle  along  the  river  just  above  the  city.  Thus  was  formed  the  nucleus  of  the  German  set- 
tlement on  the  banks  of  the  Mississippi  wdiich  is,  to  this  day,  called  the  German  coast. 

In  17:i6  Bienville  believed  it  was  necessary  to  defeat  the  Chickasaws,  the  harborers  of  the  Natchez 
warriors,  if  peace  were  to  be  restored  in  Louisiana.  He  marched  against  them  in  northern  Mississippi. 
Through  English  help  they  were  able  to  defeat  Bienville's  army,  taking  many  captives;  these  unfortunates 
were  burned  by  the  Indians  as  Bienville  withdrew  the  remnants  of  his  army.  He  fitted  out  another  expedi- 
tion which  was  even  more  overwhelmingly  defeated.  Repulsed  by  the  Indians  and  worn  out  by  the  trials 
and  hardships  of  the  colony,  the  Father  of  Louisiana  asked  to  be  recalled.  His  request  was  granted  and 
Marquis  de   Vaudreuil  was   named   to  succeed  him. 

De  Vaudreuil's  rule  was  a  period  of  development.  The  levees,  so  necessary  for  the  good  of  the  coun- 
try were  continued  and  improved.  In  1737,  Jean  Louis,  a  poor  sailor  laid  the  foundation  at  New  Orleans 
of  what   afterward   was   developed   into   the   present   great  Charity  Hospital. 


Cotton  was  introduced  in  Louisiana  in  1740.  As  a  slave  could  not  pick  more  than  six  pounds  a  day, 
it  was  not  extensively  grown  until  after  Whitney  had  invented  the  Kin,  when,  with  the  gin,  the  negro  might 
clean  a  thousand  pounds  a  day. 

The  Jesuits  brought  in  sugar  cane  in  ir.'il  from  San  Domingo  and  cultivated  it  on  their  plantation. 
A  few  years  later  Dubrcuil  devoted  a  large  plantation  to  the  cultivation  of  sugar  cane,  building  thereon  the 
first  sugar  mill  in  Louisiana:  his  plantation  was  located  on  a  tract  which  is  now  Esplanade  Avenue,  a  fash- 
ionable residential  thoroughfare  in  New  Orleans  today. 

The  method  of  granulating  was  then  unknown;  the  sugar  produced  was  hard,  sticky,  gluey;  tafia,  a 
drink  resembling  rum  was  made  from  it.  The  export  of  this  sugar  to  France  was  attempted  in  1703,  but 
was  given  up  because  a  large  part  of  it  would   leak  from  the  barrels  in  transit. 

One  of  the  great  obstacles  to  |)rogrcss  at  this  time  was  the  unstable  condition  of  the  currency,  which 
was  changed  three  times  during  this  period;  finally  the  king  and  the  council  of  state  of  France  interferrcd 
and  put  a  stop  to  the  cliangcs  in  currency.  Lack  of  money  also  militated  against  the  advancement  of  the 
colony.  The  monopoly  system  by  which  the  government  gave  or  sold  to  an  inclividual  or  company  the  sole 
right  to  operate  an  industry,  was  of  course  detrimental  to  the  interest  of  the  coiuUry.  The  Louisiana  gov- 
ernment not  only  supported  monopolies,  but  even  arbitrarily  regulated  prices  at  which  produce,  such  as 
tobacco  and  rice  should  be  sold.  The  people  had  no  voice  in  the  government;  frecpiently  laws  were  framed 
for  Louisiana  by  persons  in  France  wlio  had  no  knowledge  of  conditions  in   Louisiana. 

France  and  England,  during  these  years  were  ajjproaching  their  final  struggle  for  commercial,  naval 
and  colonial  supremacy.  Rivals  in  b'.uropc,  India  and  America,  the  two  nations,  for  over  half  a  century, 
had  kept  the  world  of  that  day  in  a  constant  state  of  war.  In  North  America,  France  had  established  her 
power  in  Canada  and  Louisiana,  and  by  a  system  of  forts  extending  from  the  mouth  of  the  St.  Lawrence 
to  that  of  the  Mississippi,  had  sought  to  make  her  position  invulnerable;  her  last  step  in  that  direction  had 
been  the  erection  of  Fort  Duquesne  at  the  junction  of  the  .Mlegheney  and  Monongahela  rivers  where  they 
unite  to  form  the  Ohio  river.  Tliis  position  at  the  head  of  the  Ohio  River  might  be  said  to  be  the  key  to 
the   whole   system   of  French   forts. 

The  English  had  established  their  control  on  the  .Atlantic  coast  from  Maine  to  Florida.  The  Virgin- 
ians realized  the  importance  of  Fort  Duquesne  and  sent  Major  George  Washington  to  dislodge  the  French. 
He  failed  and  a  British  army  led  by  Rraddock  against  it  in  IT.").")  met  with  a  crushing  defeat.  The  war  that 
then   began   is   known   in    Europe   as   the   Seven   Years  War. 

The  Louisiana  province  was  governed  by  a  superior  council  composed  originally  of  two  members, 
namely,  the  governor  and  commissary.  Gradually  the  membership  of  this  council  was  extended  to  twelve. 
The   council   was   the   supreme   legislature   and   judiciary  body  in  the  colony. 

The  years  of  Spanish  control  of  Louisiana  are  touched  upon  in  detail  in  tlu-  history  of  New  Orleans 
in  this  volume,  so  we  will  now  pass  on  to  October,  17y5,  when  Spain  and  the  United  States  concluded  the 
Treaty  of  Madrid.  New  Orleans  was  opened  to  Americans  as  a  point  of  deposit  for  three  years,  free  of 
duty  or  charge  on  produce,  except  a  reasonable  price  for  storage  rent.  This  agreement  afterward  led  to 
a  misunderstanding  whicli  nearly  caused  a  breach  between  the  United  .States  and  Spain  and  it  was  an  open 
secret  that  had  not  President  Adams'  term  expired  he  would  have  attempted  to  force  Spain  to  evacuate 
Louisiana. 

'  At  this  time  the  United  States  began  to  realize  that  it  should  ,ic(|uire  Louisiana  for  the  development 
of  the  western  section.  Negotiations  were  opened  which  in  ISOu  resulted  in  the  United  .States  purchasing 
the   entire   Louisiana  territory  from   Napoleon. 

An  enabling  act  was  passed  February  20,  1811,  to  form  Orleans  into  a  state  and  it  was  admitted  into 
the  Union  in  1812.  The  French  element  was  so  strong  that  the  constitution  of  the  state  permitted  members 
to  debate  either  in  French  or  F^nglish,  and  the  dividing  line  in  politics  was  usually  between  the  iwo.  with 
temporary  alliances   of  other   elements. 

The  organization  of  the  Whig  Party,  tlie  cardinal  tenet  of  which  was  protection,  which  helped  sugar, 
turned  Louisiana  into  one  of  the  strongest  Whig  states  in  the  South,  she  twice  voting  for  Whig  Presidents. 
The  slavery  issued  after  1860  made  it  more  strongly  Democratic  and  it  finally  went  for  secession.  New 
Orleans  was  captured  by  the  Federal  troops  .April  2,"),  and  the  state  government  whose  seat  had  been  trans- 
ferred from  New  Orleans  to  Baton  Rouge,  was  again  moved,  this  time  to  Opelousas.  During  the  rest  of 
the  war  the  territory  held  by  the  Federals  was  recognized  as  the  legitimate  state  government,  though  under 
a  military  government  and  was  allowed  to  send  delegates  to  Congress. 

On  July  30.  1866,  an  attempt  of  the  negro  leaders  to  hold  a  constitutional  convention  in  New  Orleans 
and  secure  the  admission  of  the  blacks  to  the  franchise,  resulted  in  many  of  the  delegates  being  killed  by 
the  whites.  The  most  important  chapter  in  the  state's  subsequent  political  history  was  the  passing  of  the 
"Grandfather's  Clause"  in  18118,  which  reduced  the  negro  registration  to  a  nominal  figure  and  made  negro 
dominanoe   impossible   as   long  as   that  section   of  the  state  •constitution   stands. 

The  history  of  New  Orleans  and  Louisiana  are  so  closely  related  and  interwoven  that  to  .go  more  into 
the  chronological  events  in  the  state  would  be  a  mere  repetition  of  the  recital  of  the  history  of  New  Orleans 
in  this  volume. 

Louisiana  today  has  a  population  of  about  1.500,000.  Its  largest  city  is  New  Orleans.  Other  places 
of  importance  are  Shreveport,   Raton   Rouge,   Monroe,   Lake   Charles.    .Alexandria   and    New    Iberia. 

Of  the  28,000,000  acres  of  land  in  the  state  about  3,">00.00n  are  in  cultivation.  Sooner  of  later  9,000,- 
000  acres  of  swamp  lands,  which  afford  the  richest  of  crops  when  planted,  will  be  reclaimed.  This  work 
is  now  in  progress  in  various  parts  of  the  state. 

Sugar  is  Louisiana's  greatest  crop.  It  produces  three-fourths  of  all  the  cane  grown  in  the  LInited 
States   and   twice   as   much   as   its   nearest   competitor,   Georgia. 

Corn  is  rapidly  taking  a  leading  position  among  the  crops  of  Louisiana.  Nearly  2,000.000  acres  are 
in   cultivation.      St.    Landry   Parish   leads   with   an   acreage  of  100,000. 

Rice   is   one   of   the   state's   important   crops    and   Perique   tobacco   is   raised   in   parts   of  the   state. 

Louisiana    is    the    second    largest    lumber    producing  state,  the  annual  output  being  over  $.">0.000,000. 

The  state  has  inexhaustible   deposits  of  salt,  sulphur,  oil,   natural   gas. 

Louisiana  was  the  fifth  state  admitted  to  the  LTnion.  Its  extreme  length  is  a  little  over  300  miles 
and  its  extreme  width  240  miles.  It  has  an  area  of  48.706  square  miles.  The  area  of  the  state  in  actual  land 
is    45,309    square    miles:    3,397    of   water    which    includes   637   in    rivers   and    2,700   in    lakes. 

The  Mississippi  river'  splits  Louisiana  into  two  sections,  with  37.000  square  miles  on  the  west  bank. 
For  the  most  part  the  river  flows  through  alluvial  soils  of  low  elevation  which  require  the  protection  of 
levees. 


MARTIN  BEHRMAN,  Mayor  of  New  Orleans,  born  in  New  York  City  in  the  year  1S64. 
was  appointpti  Assi^ssnr  of  Fifth  District  for  a  term  of  four  years.  beinK  reappointed  for 
another  term  of  four  years,  subsequently  was  chosen  President  of  Board  of  Assessors,  after 
which  he  was  selected  Clerk  to  City  Council  for  a  term  of  four  years.  In  April  1904.  was 
elected  State  Auditor  and  was  elected  Mayor  of  New  Orleans  December.  1904,  re-elected  in 
1908  and  again  in  1912.  Member  of  School  Board  1S92  to  1896  and  for  eight  years  was 
Chairman  Democratic  Central  Committee  for  First  Congressional  District.  Delegate-at-large 
to  National  Democratic  Convention  1908  and  again  in  1912.  Is  a  memDer  of  Knights  of 
Columbus,  Knights  of  Honor,  Y.  M.  G.  Club,  French  Opera,  Choctaw,  Chess,  Checkers  and 
Whist.  Southern  Yacht,  Druids,  Woodmen  of  World,  German  Benevolent  Association,  and 
ElkF  Club.  Post  B..  T.  P.  A..  The  Jovian  Order,  Surf  Club.  Was  married  in  1887  to  Miss 
Julia  Collins  and  from  this  issue  there  are  two  children,  William  Stanley  and  Mary  Helen 
Behrman. 


-W  ORLICAXS,  iiiiw  "the  second  port  of  the  United  States,"  lias  hist  none  of  llie  romance  and 
picturcsqiieness  with  which  it  lias  been  associated  for  more  tliaii  a  century.  l)nt  it  has  quit  boast- 
mg  of  its  dreamy  cliarni  and  is  concentrating  its  activities  upon  lieinjj  recognized  as  one  of  the 
f,'reat  commercial  centers  of  the  world.  New  Orleans  is  today  second  only  to  New  York  in 
imports  and  exports;  it  has  the  Rreatest  port  and  terminal  facilities  in  the  United  States:  it  enjoys 
an  ideal  climate;  its  sewerane  and  drainaije  system  is  so  perfect  that  it  has  been  studied  by 
the  engineers  of  several  F.uropean  capitals,  including  I'aris  and  Berlin;  it  is  the  healthiest  city 
in  the  United  States  as  city,  state  and  Federal  statistics  will  testify;  its  water  supply  is  tlie  purest  in  the 
world;  it  is  a  new  New  Orleans  wdiere  ancient  rookeries  built  by  the  l"rench  and  Spanish  have  given  way 
to  sky-scrapers,  huge  business  blocks,  palatial  residences  and  modern  apartment  houses;  it  is  well  lighted 
and  splendidly  paved;  its  l.jO  or  more  schools,  100  of  which  are  operated  by  the  municipality,  rank  with 
the  most  efficient  in  the  country;  and  in  the  decade  wdiich  began  in  liMO.  it  has  made  greater  progress  than 
any  other  city  in  the  United  States,  wdiich   at   this  stage   of  the   world's   history   means  the   world. 

New  Orleans  is  situated  in  the  soulli  central  part  of  the  United  States,  2i»  degrees,  56  minutes,  .59 
seconds  North  Latitude.  90  degrees,  41  minutes.  94  seconds  West  Longitude.  It  is  a  little  more  than  110 
miles  from  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  but  nevertheless  it  is  a  seajjort  as  it  is  located  on  the  widest  and  deepest 
part  of  the  great  Mississippi  River  which  .-ulmits  of  the  passage  of  the  greatest  ocean-going  vessels  up  to  front 
doors  of  the  city.  In  fact.  New  Orleans  has  one  of  the  greatest  harbors  in  the  world.  There  are  about 
30  miles  of  up-to-date  wharves,  including  about  14  miles  of  steel  and  concrete  storage  sheds  which  are 
equipped   with   modern   loading  and    unloading   machinery  and  which  serve  shi|)s  from  all  marts  of  the  world. 

The  biggest  of  the  United  States  battleships  come  into  the  port  of  New  Orleans.  Hut  by  no  means 
does  the  deep  part  of  the  Mississippi  River  end  at  New  Orleans.  Great  oil  ships  are  now-  going  as  far 
north  as  Baton  Rouge,  more  than  120  miles  above  New  Orleans,  where  the  Standar<l  Oil  Company  has  one 
of   its    most    important    distributing    centers. 

New  Orleans  and  tlie  rest  of  the  Mississippi  \'alley  has  never  full\  ntili/ed  the  value  of  the  Missis- 
sippi River,  but  there  is  an  awakening  in  that  direction  and  indications  are  tliat  within  the  next  ten  years 
the  river  will  be  ranked  in  commercial  and  industrial  importance  with  the  .ccniibined  trunk  lines  which  send 
a  net  work  down  into  the  valley  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States  and  even  from  the  great  wheat  fields 
of  Canada.  The  river  and  its  tributaries,  command  nearly  18.000  miles  of  navigable  waters,  all  of  which  pour 
into  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  which  is  part  and  parcel  of  the  .\tiantic  Ocean  .ind  by  wliich  the  f'anama  Canal, 
the   passage  way   for   oriental   commerce,   is   reached. 

The  City  of  New  Orleans  takes  in  all  of  the  Parisli  f>f  Orleans.  It  lia.--  an  area  of  19(i  square  miles, 
being  second  only  to  New  York  in  size.  New  Orleans  is  almost  suroimded  by  water  which  tends  to  make 
the  city  cool  and  comfortable  even  during  the  liottest  season  of  the  year,  (^n  one  side  is  the  Mississippi 
River  and  on  tlie  other  is  Lake  T'ontchartrain.  a  body  of  water  twenty-six  miles  wide  and  nearly  as  long. 
Here  and  there  in  the  vicinity  of  the  city  are  other  lakes   of  considerable   size. 

New  Orleans  was  founded  in  ITLS  by  Je.iii  Baptiste  le  Moyne  de  Bienville,  or  more  properly  it 
was  laid  out  by  Bienville's  right-hand  man  Sieur  le  Blond  de  Tour,  who  with  hfty  picked  men  cleared  the 
undergrowth  and  laid  out  the  city.  We  are  told  by  Richey  and  Kean  that  de  la  Tour  arranged  the  settle- 
ment in  the  shape  of  a  rectangle  facing  tlie  river  and  in  the  middle  marked  ofif  a  stpiare  to  be  used  as  a 
Place  d'Armes;  to  the  rear  of  this  was  to  be  the  church,  school  and  government  house.  Barracks  and  a 
few  lints  were  erected,  and  to  this  crude  settlement  Bienville  gave  the  name  of  La  Nonvelle  C)rlcans  in  honor 
of  the   Regent,  the  Due  d'Orleans. 

Even  when  New  Orleans  was  founded.  Bienxille  wished  to  make  it  the  capital  of  the  province  but 
those,  who  with  him  were  representing  France,  which  then  claimed  possession  of  tlie  territory,  were  opposed. 
They  said  it  could  not  be  safely  reached  by  large  vessels.  In  1722.  Bienville  had  his  chief  engineer.  Pau.ger, 
examine  the  months  of  the  Mississippi  River;  he  reported  eighteen  feet  of  water  in  Southeast  Pass,  and 
suggesteir  that  if  dikes  were  built  alon.g  this  pass  and  the  others  closed,  the  current,  would  by  its  own  power, 
keep  sand  out  of  this  pass.  It  was  upon  this  suggestion.  150  years  or  more  later,  tliat  h'ads  constructed 
the  jetties. 

Pauger  had  one  of  his  great  ships  taken  througli  the  pass  of  Balize  and  .after  receiving  the  report 
of  the  trip,  the  others  yielded  to  Bienville  and  made  New  Orleans  the  capital  of  the  territory.  At  that  time 
the  city  consisted  of  "about  100  disorderly,  barrack-like  buildings,  but  Pere  Charlevoix  who  visited  it  and 
recorded  his  impressions  foresaw  a  great  future  for  the  city  and  declared  that  its  location  was  superior  to 
that  of  Paris  or  Rome.  "One  day,"  he  wrote,  "and  that  day  may  not  be  far  distant.  Ne'w  Orleans  may  be 
an   opulent  city  and   the   metropolis   of  a  great   and   rich   colony." 

It  was  under  the  administration  of  Bienville  tli.il  slaves  were  intrcxluced.  iiiMre  tlian  500  bein.g  brcui.ght 
to  the  city  from   Africa. 

Bienville  was  succeeded  by  Gov.  Perrier.  who  acconiplishe<l  many  improvements  in  New  Orleans. 
His  first  important  undertaking  was  the  building  of  a  levee  in  front  of  the  city.  It  was  eighteen  feet  wide 
and  900  feet  long  and  w^as  continued  ei.ghteen  miles  above  and  eighteen  miles  below  the  city.  The  inhabi- 
tants furnished  the  slaves  to  do  the  work  and  the  government  provided  the  slaves  with  food.  To  protect 
the  city  from  Indians,  stockades  with  eight  small  forts  were  Iniilt.  It  was  at  this  time  that  the  first  sani- 
tary measure  was  taken.  Gov.  Perrier  called  it  "ventilating  tlie  city."  He  cleared  the  forest  between  the  city 
proper  and  Lake  Pontchartrain  and  liad  other  wurk  in  mind,  but  lack  of  funds  prevented  the  carrying  out 
of   the   whole   project. 

It  has  been  New  Orleans'  .good  fortune  lor  nearly  two  centuries  to  have  good  educational  institu- 
tions. Fven  as  far  back  as  1727.  the  L^rsuline  nuns  established  a  convent  in  the  city.  They  were  first  located 
at  Gov.  Bienville's  former  home,  until  their  convent  at  Chartres  and  Ursuline  Streets  was  ccmipleted  in  1730. 
This  building  is  the  oldest  in  the  United  States  west  of  the  Alleghenies,  and  the  girls  schools  conducted  by 
the  nuns   was  the  first  to  be  opened   in   the   United   .States. 


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\\'e  arc  told  that  in  ITIiO  the  fity  cxtfiidcil  from  liicnville  to  Ursuline  Streets  and  from  the  river  to 
I)aui>lutie  Street.  It  was  still  a  crude  settlement  at  thai  time.  Greased  paper  or  linen  was  used  in  the  win- 
dows instead  of  glass  and  torches  or  ill-smelling  myrtle-wa.x  candles  furnished  the  artilicial  liKht.  However, 
despite  all  of  their  crudities  the  inhabitants  of  New  Orleans  endeavored  as  much  as  possible  to  dress  like  the 
people  of  Paris  and  carried  out  all  of  the  French  habits  and  customs  even  to  cafe  an  lait  for  breakfast.  At 
this  period  the  city  had  a  population  of  7,000.  There  were  .i.OOO  I'-rench.  Germans  and  Canadians  and  the 
rest   were   negro   slaves. 

About  lT:iO  Bienville  was  recalled  to  this  country  to  take  charge  of  ilie  colony  and  once  more  he  ruled 
the  destinies   of  the  city. 

It  was  Ml  1T:!2  that  the  insurrection  of  the  negro  slaves  took  place  in  New  Orleans.  The  blacks  had 
been  trained  by  their  white  owners  to  handle  firearms  and  to  tight  so  as  to  assist  in  driving  off  the  Indians. 
After  they  had  become  ijrolicient  warriors,  the  negroes  themselves  revolted.  The  insurrection  was  not  sup- 
pressed until  the  leaders  had  been  pvit  to  death — the  women  on  the  gallows  and  the  men  on  the  wheel.  The 
heads  of  the  men  were  placed  on  posts  at  each  end  of  the  town  so  that  it  would  serve  as  a  warning  to 
those  contemplating  revolt  in  the  future. 

During  the  next  thirty  years  New  Orleans  made  very  little  |)rogress  but  managed  to  hold  its  own  in  the 
face  of  many  trials  and  vicissitudes  of  a  new  born  country.  In  ITOS.  Louis  XV  gave  that  part  of  Louisiana 
which  included  New  Orleans  to  his  cousin,  Charles  111  of  Spain,  but  during  the  next  four  years  the  city  was 
still  under  the  control  of  those  officials  who  had  been  appointed  by  the  hrench  government.  In  the  mean- 
time the  citizens  had  been  dismayed  by  the  announcement  of  the  contemplated  change  of  governments  and 
Jean  Millet,  one  of  the  wealthiest  merchants  had  been  sent  to  l-Vance  to  pray  that  the  New  Orleans  be  taken 
back  into  French  control. 

h'our  years  after  Sjjain  had  nominally  gained  control  of  Louisiana,  Don  .-Xntouio  de  Ulloa  was  sent  over 
to  take  charge  of  the  province.  He  was  a  weak  and  vacillating  official  and  after  he  arrived  removed  neither 
the  FVench  officials  or  the  French  flag.  For  a  while  the  province  had  a  joint  French  and  Spanish  govern- 
ment. It  is  related  of  him  that  he  absented  himself  from  New  Orleans  for  seven  months  during  which  time 
he  remained  at  the  mouth  of  the  Mississippi  River  waiting  for  his  "Peruvian  bride."  In  October,  1768, 
Noyan  and  Villere  and  a  sturdy  little  band,  took  cliarge  of  the  city  and  forced  Ulloa  to  fTee  for  safety  to  a 
Spanish  vessel  in  the  harbor.  This  little  .group  formed  the  plan  of  making  a  republic  of  all  the  American 
colonies  but  were  unable  to  carry  it  through. 

Spain  became  alarmed  at  the  boldness  of  New  Orleans'  citizens  and  sent  to  Louisiana  Don  Alexander 
O'Reilly,  who  brought  nearly  4,000  Spanish  troops  on  a  fleet  of  24  vessels.  lie  soon  crushed  the  spirit  of 
revolt.  It  had  been  promised  that  if  some  of  the  leaders  of  the  revolt  against  Ulloa  would  remain  they  would 
be  forgiven,  but  they  were  |)layed  false.  Some  of  them  were  shot  and  most  of  the  others  were  imprisoned. 
We  learn  from  Richey  and  Kean  that  when  O'Reilly  came  to  New  Orleans  the  British  controlled  the 
trade.  This  was  soon  stopped  by  Fnglish  ships  being  denied  entrance  into  the  pfirt.  In  1778  Gov.  Galvcz 
who  had  succeeded  O'Reilly,  permitted  trade  with   France  and  the  Thirteen   .American  Colonies. 

During  the  latter  part  of  the  century,  in  17.SS  and  in  1794,  New  Orleans  suffered  two  disastrous  fires. 
That  part  of  the  city  not  destroyed  in  the  first  blaze  was  either  wiped  out  or  damaged  in  the  second  confla- 
gration. A  new  city  was  bviilt.  the  movement  being  led  by  Baron  de  Carondelet,  wdio  urged  that  tile  roofs 
be  used  instead  of  inflamm.iblc  shingles.  Many  of  these  tile  roofed  houses  built  at  this  ])eriod  still  are  stand- 
ing. 

It  was  in  1796  that  steps  were  taken  to  drain  the  city.  Carondelet  Canal  and  the  Old  Basin  were  built 
and  the  city  was  connected  with  Bayou  St.  John  and  Lake  Pontchartrain. 

In  March,  1805.  New  Orleans  was  incorporated  as  a  city,  the  province  in  the  meantime  having  come 
into  tlie  possession  of  the  L^nited  States  by  purchase  from  the  French  Government.  The  people  in  electing 
alderman  in  180.5,  exercised  their  suffrage  for  the  first  time. 

On  January  10,  the  first  steam-propelled  vessel  that  ever  plied  the  waters  of  the  Mississippi  River  arrived 
at  New  Orleans.  It  was  called  the  "New  Orleans"  and  was  built  by  Nicholas  1.  Roosevelt,  one  of  the  ances- 
tors of  President  T'leodore  Roosevelt.  The  "New  Orleans"  was  constructed  five  years  after  Fulton  had  in- 
vented the  steamboat. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  events  in  .\merican  history  was  the  battle  of  New  Orleans  which  occurred 
on  the  plains  of  Chalmette  about  five  miles  below  the  business  section  of  modern  New  Orleans.  On  Decem- 
ber 1,  1814,  .\ndrew  Jackson,  leading  the  Lhiited  States  forces  arrived  to  defend  the  city  against  an  impending 
attack  by  the  British  led  by  Sir  Edward  Pakenham.  The  British  army  was  almost  annihilated  when  the  battle 
took  place,  January  8,  ISl.i.  Because  of  the  delay  in  transmitting  news  it  was  not  known  to  the  combatants 
that  a  treaty  of  peace  had  been  signed  between  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain  almost  two  weeks  before 
the  battle  of  New  Orleans  was  fought.  In  fact,  it  was  not  until  March  17  that  news  of  the  treaty  had  been 
received. 

In  1815,  the  population  of  New  Orleans  was  about  33,000;  by  1820,  it  had  increased   to  40.000. 
The  first  railroad  was  completed  in  New  Orleans  in   1830.     It   ran   out   Elj-sian    Fields  Avenue   and   con- 
nected  New   Orleans  with   Milnebur,g.     This   road  is   still   in    operation   and   is    said   to   be    the   oldest   in   the 
United  States.     It  still  runs  under  its  old  perpetual  charter    and    is    owned    by    the    Louisville    and    Nashville 
Railroad. 

Gas  street  lamps  were  first  used  in  New  (  )rleaiis  in  183:!.  and  continued  in  service  for  more  than 
fifty  years. 

Orleanians  and  New  Orleans  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  war  between  the  States.  When  the  clash 
came  the  city  sent  5,000  of  her  best  soldiers  to  the  defense  of  the  northern  line  of  the  Confederacy.  On  April 
25,  1862,  the  city  was  captured  by  .\dmiral  Farragut,  who  entered  port  by  coming  up  the  river  with  a  fleet  of 
43  vessels.  Gen.  Ben  Butler,  with  15,000  soldiers,  took  charge  of  the  city  May  1,  1862.  His  regime  is  one  of 
the  bitterest  chapters  in  the  history  of  the  city  and  was  condemned  by  northerners  as  well  as  southerners.  He 
was  removed  before  he  had  served  a  year  as  military  commander  of   New  Orleans. 

One  of  the  most  stirring  incidents  in  the  history  of  New  Orleans  took  place  September  14,  1874.  The 
"carpetbaggers"  and  "scalawags,"  who  had  come  into  power  in  the  reconstruction  period  following  the  close 
of  the  war,  had  been  in  control  of  the  city  and  had  committed  numerous  al)uses  and  outrages.  The  citizens 
of  New  Orleans  formed  a  league  for  the  expulsion  of  the  carpetbag  government.  It  was  called  the  "White 
League."  In  order  to  frustrate  the  plan  for  driving  out  the  scalawags  an  order  was  issued  which  forbade  a 
citizen  to  keep  a  firearm  even  in  his  home.  It  was  learned  by  the  "Metropolitan  Police,"  which  was  the  name 
of  the  organization  through  which  the  carjietbaggers  exercised  their  will,  that  a  cargo  of  ammunition   for  the 


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White  LeaRue  was  due.  The  Motiopohtati  Police  formed  at  the  fool  of  Canal  Street  September  14,  with 
mounted  cannon  to  prevent  the  landinR  of  the  arms  and  ammunition.  The  White  League  moved  out  a  side 
street  and  came  around  until  they  faced  the  iMetropohtan  I'olice.  A  skirmish  followed  which  resulted  in  the 
Metropolitan  Police  lleemK  after  having  lost  many  of  their  forces.  The  White  League  had  lost  Hi  of  their 
number.  In  memory  of  the  men  who  lost  their  lives,  tlie  league  erected  a  monument  at  the  foot  of  Canal 
Street,  wlurc  ii  still  stands.  By  a  series  of  successes  the  White  League  restored  the  league  to  the  control  of 
the  city. 

A  Cotton  Centenni,-il  I'^.xixisition  was  1k-I<1  in  New  Orleans  in  1K84  to  celebrate  ihc  liundredtli  anniver- 
sary of  the  lirst  exportation  of  cotton.     The  exposition   was  a  brilliant  success. 

The  present  aim  of  the  city  is  toward  munici|)al  ownership  of  public  utilities.  Tlie  city  owns  its  own 
waterworks  and  has  under  consideration  a  plan  to  build  its  own  electric  lighting  and  gas  plants. 

New  Orleans  has  grown  more  in  the  last  15  years  than  it  did  in  the  previous  .^0,  and  the  steady,  sub- 
stantial growtli  is  now  at  its  height.  The  completion  of  the  Panama  Canal  contributed  something  to  the  im- 
petus which  lias  sent  the  city  ahead,  but  more  than  all  has  been  the  realization  f)f  the  value  of  the  land  sur- 
rounding the  city. and  its  products,  .\iiotlior  factor  has  been  the  development  of  the  Latin-.Ainerican  trade. 
New  Orleans,  more  than  any  other  city  in  the  world,  has  benefitted  by  the  great  luiropean  war.  Germany  and 
l'"rance  have  had  a  toe-hold  on  the  commerce  of  the  semi-tropics,  but  most  of  tliat  trade  has  come  to  the 
United  States  and  particularly  to  New  Orleans. 

Nearly  all  of  the  city's  modern  buildings  have  been  built  iii  the  last  lifteen  years,  liefore  the  drainage 
system  was  completed  it  was  difficult  to  obtain  foundation  for  a  large  building  except  at  a  prohibitive  cost. 
VVith  the  perfecting  of  the  drainage  has  come  the  sky-scraper  until  at  present  the  city's  sky-line  is  as  impres- 
sive as  that  of  any  city  of  the  same  size  in  the  country.  There  are  probalilv  ^.'-'i  buildings,  ten  or  more 
stories  in  height. 

In  the  last  five  years  New  Orleans  has  made  great  progress  in  extending  its  residential  suburbs.  Lake 
View,  which  lies  between  the  cemetery  section  and  Lake  Pontchartrain,  has  been  cleared  and  drained  and  is 
now  rapidly  dexeloping.  Gentilly  Terrace  and  a  half  dozen  other  tracts  are  also  being  rapidly  developed. 
New  Orleans  li.is  plenty  of  room  to  stretch  itself  and  even  if  the  population  were  three  million,  there  would 
scarcely  be  any  excuse  for  anything  like  a  congested   residential   district. 

On  the  opposite  side  of  the  main  section  of  the  city,  facing  the  Mississippi  River,  the  United  States  gov- 
ernment has  spent  three  or  four  million  dollars  in  establishing  a  big  naval  station  with  a  navy  yard  and 
floating  dry  docks;  and  also  an  immigration  station  where  Uncle  Sam  receives  and  passes  upon  the  eligibility 
of  every  person  seeking  to  enter  his  domain. 

One  of  the  greatset  engineering  feats  in  the  world,  insofar  as  agriculnn  ,-il  jirogress  is  being  concerned, 
is  being  undertaken — and  it  may  be  counted  as  a  success — in  the  Jefferson-Pla<|uemines  district,  contiguous 
to  New  Orleans.  In  this  section,  George  .\.  Hero,  an  engineer,  wdio  owns  a  large  part  of  the  property,  has 
built  the  largest  drainage  jiump  in  the  world  which  is  at  work  night  and  day  reclaiming;  40.non  acres  of  the 
most  fertile  lands  in  the  country.  This  project  compares  in  magnitude  with  anything  ever  tried  in  Holland. 
L.  C.  Spencer  is  one  of  the  leading  spirits  in  the  reclamation  movements  and  owns  one  of  the  largest  orange 
orchards   in   the   state.      It   is   situated    in    the    heart    of  tlie   reclaimed  section. 

By  special  act  of  the  Legislature,  the  ahlermanic  form  of  the  city's  government  was  changed  to  a  com- 
mission plan  of  municipal  government.  The  commission  is  composed  of  a  mayor  and  four  commissioners. 
The  latter  are  in  charge  of  the  departments  of  public  fi nances,  iniblic  safety,  public  utilities  and  public  prop- 
erties, respectively.  The  distinctive  features  of  the  New  Orleans  cmiiniission  fcpriii  of  government  is  its  initia- 
tive, referendum  and  recall. 

The  New  Orleans  drainage  system  is  the  most  comprehensive  of  any  city  in  the  country.  It  consists 
of  about  30  miles  of  main  low  level  canals  from  which  the  water  is  pumped;  and  of  about  20  miles  of  high 
outfall  canals  into  which  the  water  is  pumped.  The  latter  discharge  into  Lake  Pontchartrain  by  means  of  an 
artilkial  slope.  When  it  is  comjileted  the  total  capacity  of  the  drainage  pumps  will  be  7,000.000.000  gallons  a 
day.  At  present  the  drainage  is  emptied  into  Lake  Pontchartrain.  but  ultimately  it  will  lu>  pumiied  into  Lake 
Borgne. 

The  city  has  spent  more  than  $20,000,000  on  its  sewerage  and  water  system  and  by  I'.llT  wmII  have  spent 
about  .$4,000,000  additional.  The  completion  of  the  water  system  and  the  practical  completion  of  drainage 
has  made  this  city  the  healthiest  in  the  Lhiited  States.  Fevers  of  all  kinds  have  been  driven  fiut  and  malarial 
infection  has  ceased  to  e.xist. 

New  Orleans  is  the  only  ratless  city  in  the  United  States.  A  few  years  ago  several  cases  of  bubonic 
plague  were  discovered  in  New  Orleans,  having  been  brought  to  the  city  by  rats  off  ships  sailing  from  infected 
ports. 

The  LTnited  States  had  helped  San  Francisco  to  make  a  ri,ght  against  disease-carrying  rats  and  the 
forces  wdiich  had  helped  to  light  tlie  rodent  in  that  city  were  sent  here.  The  rat  was  exterminated  and  the 
city  has  spent  eight  million  dollars  in  exterminating  the  pest  and  the  carrying  of  bubonic  plague  is  no  longer 
possible.  Every  Inmse  has  been  or  will  be  made  rat-proof.  .-\n  idea  of  the  civic  pride  which  prevails  in 
New  Orleans  may  be  given  by  the  citin.g  of  the  fact  that  14,000  owners  of  houses  have,  mortgaged  their 
liroperties  in  order  to  comply  with  the  rat-proohng  re.gulations. 

New  Orleans  has  a  dozen  hospitals  and  is  well  able  to  care  for  the  sick  and  injured  of  the  city  and 
state.  Its  Charity  Hospital,  which  has  a  capacity  of  about  2,000  patients,  frecpiently  contains  sufferers  brought 
to  the  city  from  as  many  as  si.x  surroundin.g  states. 

-All  of  New  Orleans  30  lines  of  street  cars  are  operated  by  the  New  Orleans  Street  Railway  Company, 
which  formed  as  a  holding  company,  has  bought  out  all  of  its  subsidiaries.  There  are  more  than  200  miles  of 
single  track  and  more  than  600  motor  cars.  There  is  a  suburban  line — the  Orleans  and  Kenner — which  oper- 
ates 12  miles  into  the  country  through  a  fastly-growing  section.  Several  hundred  "jitneys"  also  help  to 
transport  Orleaniaiis  from  one  part  of  the  city  to  the  other.  The  city  is  scattered  over  a  vast  area  and 
means  of  transportation  are  generously  patronized. 

New  Orleans  has  direct  water  transportation  as  far  as  St.  Paul.  Kansas  City.  Pittsburg  and  Chicago 
in   their  several   directions  and  deep-sea  trade  routes   to  all  parts  of  the  world. 

The  New-  Orleans  harbor  is  admirable.  The  water  is  from  20  to  30  feet  deep  alongside  the  wharves  and 
200  feet  in  midstreatn.     The  narrowest  part  of  the  river  at  New   Orleans  is  2,000  feet  wide. 

The  wharves  and  docks  are  under  control  of  the  Board  of  Port  Commissioners,  an  or,ganization  ap- 
pointed by  the  governor,   which   has  supreme   iiower  over  the   area  it  controls. 

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One  of  the  city's  (jrcat  utilities  is  its  public  belt  which  handles  more  than  l.j.OOO  freight  cars  over  its 
lines  every  month.  The  belt  serves  as  kind  of  clcariuR  house  for  all  the  railroads  and  enables  shippers  to 
obtain  the  quickest  possible  service  both  in  receiviuR  and  sendiuf,'  i.ut  freight  It  also  forms  a  valuable  link 
to  the  shipping   facilities. 

The  city  is  connected  with  i.akc  I'ontchartrain  by  two  canals  which  bring  lake  boats  up  into  the  heart 
of  the  city.  It  is  now  planned  t"  l)nil(l  .i  canal  which  will  connect  Lake  Pontchartrain  with  the  Mississippi 
River. 

In   regard   to   tlu'   city's   commerce   the   following   data  has  been  gleaned  from   Richey  and   Kean's  history: 

New  Orleans  is  the  second  port  in  the  United  States,  being  outranked  only  by  New  York.  The  com- 
bined value  of  exports  and  imports  for  last  year  total  more  than  $:!0(),00(),()nn.  Practically  every  state  in 
the  Mississi|)pi  Valley  sends  some  of  its  produce  through  the  port  of  New  Orleans.  Corn,  wdieat  and  other 
grains  come  from  the  Central  states.  The  Southern  states,  especially  Louisiana.  Mississippi  and  Arkansas, 
send   cotton   seed   jjroducts.   oil,   cake   and    meal.      Oklahoma  and  Texas  sup))ly  some  cotton. 

As  a  lumber  i)ort  New  Orleans  stands  hrst  among  Aniercian  cities.  In  the  heart  of  the  cypress  regions, 
it  exports  both  Imnber  and  manufactured  articles.  The  Southern  yellow  i)ine  and  naval  stores  obtained  from 
it,  |)ass  through  New  Orleans  en  route  to  luirope,  Asia  and  Africa  and  .South  .\merica.  Nearly  all  of  the 
staves  used  in  harvesting  the  wine  crop  of  Lurope  are  supplied  by  this  port,  while  quantities  of  oak.  walnut 
and  poplar,  as  logs  or  lumber,  are  distributed  to  all  parts  of  the  world:  linseed  jiroducts  from  Minnesota; 
tobacco  from  Tennessee,  Kentucky,  Ohio  and  Indiana;  iron  from  Alabama:  farm  machinery  from  Illinois. 
Indiana,  Ohio  and  Wisconsin;  boots,  shoes  and  miscellaneous  products  from  the  vast  area  cfmnected  with 
New   Orleans   by  a   network   of   waterways  and   railroads,   swell   the  export   trade. 

The  principal  articles  of  import  are  coiTee,  sugar,  sisal  grass,  burlaps,  bananas,  nitrate  of  soda,  mineral 
oil,  creosote  oil,  mahogany  logs,  drugs  and  chemicals,  fertilizers,  molasses,  ferro-mangannese,  sugar  beet  seed, 
fruits  and  nuts,  manufacturers  of  fibers,  and  manufacturers  of  iron  and  steel.  Lach  of  these  items  exceed 
a  half  million  dollars  in  value. 

From  far-away  India,  British  ships  bring  burlaps,  which  is  fourth  in  value  on  the  list  of  imports  and 
a  coarser  kind  of  bagging  made  from  the  pieces  of  jute  unlit  for  bmlap.  I'.ritish  liners  carry  salt,  ferro- 
mangannese,  which  is  used  in  making  Hessamer  steel,  and  textiles  from  the  world-famed  looms  of  h'ngland, 
besides  articles  of  every  description.  Fuller's  earth,  sometimes  carried  in  ballast,  is  brought  in  great  quan- 
tities; it  is  used  for  bleaching  and  cleansing  cloth  and  for  liltering  oils.  Most  of  it  goes  t"  the  cottonseed 
and  linseed  oil  mills. 

One  of  the  curious  paradoxes  of  commerce,  is  that  the  same  British  shi])  whicli  brought  s,()()()  .sacks  of 
salt  from  Liverpool,  carried  to  Liverpool  on  her  return  voyage,  .J.OOO  sacks  of  Louisiana  salt.  Unexcelled 
wines  and  liquors,  the  secret  of  whose  manufacture  is  jealously  guarded,  cheese  from  France,  Holland  and 
Switzerland,  the  like  of  which  cannot  be  made  in  this  country;  olive  oil  from  southern  France,  Italy  and 
Spain;  currents  from  Patras,  Greece;  lemons  and  even  garlic  from  Italy,  are  unloaded  upon  New  Orleans 
wharves. 

Divers  minerals,  such  as  marbles  from  Italy,  magnesia  from  .\ustria  and  ferro-mangannese  fnun 
Luxemburg,  are  imported.  Every  kind  of  manufactured  article  from  France,  fine  china,  porcelains  and 
toilet  articles  from  France;  plate  glass  and  baskets  from  Belgium;  toys  and  trinkets  of  every  description 
from  Germany  in  normal  times,  are  brought  to  New  Orleans   to   be   distributed   all   over   the   United   States. 

The  value  of  coffee  imported  at  New  Orleans  exceeds  that  of  any  other  one  article,  being  nearly  forty 
million  dollars.  Three  British  lines  bring  nine-tenths  of  the  coffee  to  New  Orleans  from  Brazil.  These 
same  ships   take  cargoes  from   New   Orleans  to   European  ports. 

New  Orleans  is  the  cotton  center  of  the  country.  Recently  a  gigantic  cotton  warehouse  has  been 
erected  in  which  the  staple  will  be  stored  by  planters  who  wdsh  to  borrow  money  on  it  when  the  market  is 
low  and  then  redeem  it  when  the  value  of  the  staple  has  gone  up.  The  annual  capacity  of  the  warehouse 
which  is  under  state  control  is  2,ono,n{)()  bales  and  it  is  planned  to  make  it  4,000.000  when  the  need  arises, 
which  it   is   expected   will   be   in   a  very   short   time. 

New  Orleans  has  four  sugar  refineries,  the  Chalmette,  which  is  operated  by  the  .American  Refining 
Company,  being  the  largest  in  the  world.     It  has  an  annual  capacity  of  600,000  tons. 

New  Orleans  is  important  as  a  manufacturing  center,  having  nearly  000  factories,  employing  about 
78,000   wage-earners,   and   producing   about   $100,000,000  worth  of  manufactured  articles  of  all  kinds. 

One  of  the  social  features  of  New  Orleans  winter  life  is  the  carnival  season  which  extends  from 
Twelfth  Night  until  the  beginning  of  Lent  and  which  has  its  climax  on  Mardi  Gras,  "fat  Tuesday"  or  the 
eve  of  Ash  Wednesday.  During  the  final  week  of  the  carnival  there  are  numerous  costly  pageants  which 
are  witnessed  by  thousands  upon  thousands  of  visitors  wdio  come  from  all  parts  of  the  United  .States  to 
participate   in   the   balls   and   other   incidents   of   the   season   of-  merriment. 

New  Orleans  calls  itself  the  "Winter  Capital  of  .Xmerica."  It  is  glad  to  welcome  the  visitor  wdio  is 
seeking  merely  entertainment  and  provides  numerous  theatres,  the  French  opera,  the  races,  scores  of  restau- 
rants, the  best  hotels  in  America  and  hundreds  of  other  attractions.  But  the  city  does  not  wish  to  be  known 
as  a  play-ground.  Twenty  years  ago  an  Orleanian  traveling  over  the  United  States  would  tell  his  new  friends 
to  come  to  New  Orleans  and  he  would  give  him  a  gin  fizz  of  rare  quality  or  an  especially  fine  cocktail  or 
perhaps  an  absinthe.  Now  it  is  different.  The  traveling  Orleanian  boasts  of  his  banks  with  its  billion  dollar 
clearings  every  year;  of  his  city  being  "the  second  port:"  of  his  city  as  a  manufacturing  center;  of  its  schools 
and  universities;  of  its  fine  street  car  systems:  its  public  cotton  warehouse;  its  sewerage  and  water  systems; 
its  libraries  and  its  parks;  of  its  exports  and  imports;  of  its  fine  harbor  and  port  facilities;  of  the  11  railroads 
which  center  there:  of  the  scores  of  lines  of  steamships  which  come  from  all  jiarts  of  the  globe;  of  its 
immense  wholesale  and  jobbing  concerns;  of  its  paved  streets  and  modern  buildings,  and  of  its  thousand 
and   one   things   which    he   confidently   believes   will    make  it  greater  than  New  York  one  of  these  days. 


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THE    PORT    OF    NEW   ORLEANS 

Tlic  l''i-fncli  pimu'ers  cliosc  for  the  site  of  the  City  of  New  Orleans  a  most  advantageous  KCgraphical 
locatimi  at  a  ii'iiiii  nii  the  Mississippi  River  110  miles  from  the  Gnlf  of  Mexico,  where  a  deep  water  harbor 
may  be  develoi)e(i  on  both  sides  of  nearly  200  miles  of  stream.  The  river,  forminK  a  letter  "S"  around  the 
city  proper,   establishes   a   jjhysical   crescent   which   gave    the   city   the    appellation    "Crescent    City." 

Until  11)01  the  facilities  of  the  Port  of  New  Orleans  were  provided  by  private  interests  throngh  lease  of 
the  river  frontage.  The  wharves  were  temporary  structures;  there  were  no  sheds;  there  was  no  machinery, 
and  charges  assessed  against  vessels  were  considered  excessive. 

In  18i)(i,  the  Hoard  of  Commissioners  of  the  Port  of  New  Orleans  was  created  by  .\ct  of  the  Legis- 
lature— the  Commissioners,  live  in  number,  being  appointed  by  the  Governor  of  the  Stale,  and  serving  with- 
out compensation,  Hy  tlie  original  act,  and  successive  legislation,  this  Hoard  exercises  great  autliority.  and, 
in  the  interest  of  the  connuerce  of  the  port,  may  expropriate  property,  build  and  operate  wharves,  sheds,  ware- 
houses and  other  facilities  essential   to  the  ocean  and   river  shipping  of  the  port. 

The  llrst  Board  which  took  charge  of  the  facilities  in  1901  were  somewhat  liandicappe<l  through  having 
no  other  available  fund  than  revenues  produced  by  charges  upon  shipping.  .After  a  few  years,  however,  the 
Legislature  authorized  the  Board  to  issue  bonds,  and,  with  the  proceeds  of  these  bonds,  wharves  and  sheds 
were  constructed.  In  1!)14,  other  bonds  were  issued  for  construction  of  a  cotton  warehouse;  in  r.)l.">  lor  a 
grain  elevator,  and,  in   I'.iKi,  an    Industrial   Canal  and  (jther  warehouses  may   follow. 

The  State  of  Louisiana,  having  preserved  the  harbor  frontage  of  New  Orleans  as  a  public  heritage,  and 
legislation  permitting  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Port  of  New  Orleans  to  float  bond  issues  bearing 
the  underlying  responsibility  of  a  Sovereign  State,  the  Board  will  plan  continued  and  adequate  development 
of  the  port's  facilities  and  construct  and  conduct  such  facilities  as  will  enable  commerce  U>  use  these  facili- 
ties and  serve  the  trade  tributary  to  New  Orleans  safe  from  the  checks  and  restraints  often  incident  to 
private   monopoly   of  the   terminal    facilities. 

In  pursuance  of  a  broad  policy  of  linanciug,  'the  Board  authorized  an  issue  of  $2.'), 000. 000  of  bonds  to 
be  sold,  as  occasion  may  require  and  as  our  revenues  may  justify,  for  the  ultimate  development  of  the  port  to 
its  highest  usefulness.  These  bonds  may  be  issued  only  in  the  event  the  net  income  of  the  Board  for  the 
preceding  \2  months  shall  have  been  at  least  I'A  times  the  annual  interest  charge  ui)on  such  additional 
bonds.  Our  bonds  have  been  passed  upon  by  lawyers  of  national  re|)Ulalion.  and  the  local  bankers  have 
co-operated   with   and   aided    materially    in    floating   the  bonds. 

Early  in  11)14,  the  Board  decided  to  make  exhaustive  investigations  looking  to  revision  of  the  system 
of  charges  which  was  considered  faulty — as  a  relic  of  earlier  days.  Four-fifths  of  the  tonnage  of  ships  which 
come  to  New  Orleans  use  the  public  wharves,  about  50'a  exclusively,  while  one-third  of  the  shipping  uses 
both  the  public  wharves  and  other  facilities.  This  matter  was  made  the  subject  of  an  exliaustive  report  to 
the  Board,  which  contains  among  many  other  things,  an  interesting  comparison  of  port  charges  with  other 
parts  and  a  discussion  of  the  entire  theory.  It  was  developed  that  New  Orleans  was  more  expensive  from 
the  ship's  standpoint  than  its  competitive  neighbors,  Galveston  and  Mobile,  but  that  when  the  ship  and  the 
cargo  were  both  considered,  New  Orleans  imposed  less  charges  upon  commerce.  It  was  also  ascertained 
that  tliere  was  a  striking  difference  in  the  dispatch  rate  at  which  vessels  load  and  unload  cargo,  and  it  was 
recommended  that  steps  be  taken  to  bring  all  shipping  to  efficient  use  of  the  wharves,  cutting  down  the  time 
of  occupancy  and  increasing  the  number  of  ships  that  can  be  accommodated.  It  was  recommended  in  this 
report  that  the  past  system  which  |)laced  the  entire  charges  against  the  ships,  based  on  the  ship's  size,  should 
be  sui)ersede<i  by  a  system  which,  while  continuing  to  charge  the  ship  also  charged  steamship  .agents  a  rental 
for  the  area  devoted  to  their  preferential  or  exclusive  use,  and  which  also  charged  tolls  upon  the  cargo  mov- 
ing to  or  from  ships.  This  new  system  went  into  effect  on  November  l.'ith  and  it  may  be  of  interest  to  say 
that  the  railroads  have  agmed  to  absorb  the  cliarge  fixed  a.gainst  the  goods  thus  obviating  any  chan.ge  in 
the   transportation   costs   to   the   shipper   or   the   consignee. 

The  developed  river  line  of  the  harbor  extends  approximately  1.")  miles,  but  there  are  11.4  miles  of  river 
frontage  under  the  control  of  our  Board.  The  river,  in  this  distajice,  is  from  one-half  to  three-fourths  of  a 
mile  in  width  and  varies  in  depth  from  40  feet  to  lOO  feet  at  the  wharf  lines  to  a  maximum  depth  of  188 
feet  in  mid-stream. 

This  developed  harbor  has  a  water  area  in  excess  of  eleven  square  miles. 

Throughout  the  harbor  there  is  ample  depth  for  all  requirements  of  commerce  e.xcept  that  during  very 
low  water  a  limited  amount  of  dredging  may  be  required  at  certain  wharves.  There  is  also  ample  space  for 
all  vessels  now  using  the  harbor  to  lie  at  anchor  in  the  stream  and  as  the  current  is  uniform  in  its  direction, 
no  swinging  on  the  anchors  is  encountered  nor  has  any  case  of  a  vessel  drag,ging  her  anchor,  except  in  the 
recent  hurricane,   been   noted,   the   effect   of  storms   being  slight  as  compared   with   exposed   coast   harbors. 

Over  five  miles  of  fully  developed  frontage  operated  by  the  Board  is  occupied  by  about  4,000,000 
S(|uare   feet   of   wharves,   two-thirds   of   which    area   is  covered   by  steel   sheds. 

It  is  a  matter  of  universal  experience  in  any  business  that  complete  etjuipment  for  the  conduct  of  the 
business  means,  other  things  being  equal,  enormous  strides  over  precious  results  without  adequate  equip- 
ment. Until  recently  a  port  was  considered  as  completely  equipped  when  furinshed  with  wharves  and  land- 
ings, now  all  the  handling  appliances  used  in  industrial  businesses,  such  as  cranes,  runways  and  power 
trucks  are  found  in  port  operation. 

In  a  report  on  "Transportatiiui  by  Water  in  the  United  States,"  Honorable  Herbert  Knox  Smith,  Com- 
missioner of  Corporations.  United  States  Department  of  Commerce  and  Labor,  said:  "Two  ports  only.  New 
Orleans  and  San  Francisco,  are  noteworthy  for  their  high  degree  of  public  ownership,  control,  efficiency  and 
ci|uipment.  At  New  Orleans  the  active  water  front  is  admirably  equip])ed  and  controlled  by  a  State  Board: 
most  of  the  wharves  and  sheds  are  open  to  general  traffic,  and  a  municipal  board  operates  ten  miles  of  belt 
railroad,  giving  co-ordination  between  the  waterway,  local  industries  and   trunk  line  railroads." 

There  is  a  yard  trackage  for  about  2.000  cars  and  the  plant  is  capable  cjf  handling  between  2,000,000  and 
2..')0(),0()0  bales  of  cotton  per  annum.  Within  the  terminal  is  nearly  live  miles  of  overhead  and  floor  level  con- 
crete runways  for  the  accomiuodation  of  electrically  operated  trucks  or  trains  for  conveying  cotton  through 
the  plant.  Within  the  compartments  there  will  be  electric  cranes  and  specially  invented  appliances  for  pull- 
ing, pushing  and  grappling  which  are  truly  remarkable  in  the  extent  to  which  they  render  service  exceeding 
any   device   previmisly   employed. 

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'I'lic  tenniiial  hiiildiriKS  cover  an  area  approximately  50  acres.  fiicliulinj<  the  trackage  adjacent  to  the 
plant,  the  tutal  area  covered  is  approximately  100  acres.  The  wharves  arc  two-story,  reinforced  concrete, 
2,000  feet  in  length  and  ISO  feet  in  width.  The  lower  story  is  10  feet  8  inches  and  the  npper  story  15  feet 
8  inclu's  in  height.  The  warehouses  are  six  in  number,  and,  with  the  wharf  sheds,  have  a  normal  capacity 
of  more  than  450,000  bales,  with  an  emergency  capacity  of  (500,000  bales. 

This  comijleted  plant  gives  New  Orleans  a  most  modern  warehouse  system  adapted  to  storage,  handling 
and  shipping  of  agricultural  commodities.  It  is  estimated  that  tlie  rerluction  in  the  cost  of  handling  and 
storage  of  cotton  through  the  oi)eration  of  these  warehouses  and  terminal  over  past  costs  "t^'ill  amount  to 
api^roximately  40'^.  and  the  rates  of  insurance  will  be  rt-duced  lo  approxintately  one-fourth  the  expense  hereto- 
fore. 

])uring  the  year  ended  June  30,  1915,  the  volume  of  grain  handled  at  the  Port  of  New  Orleans  was  over 
50.000.000  bushels,  and.  during  a  part  of  this  year,  railroad-owned  elevators  were  unable  to  satisfactorily  han- 
dle  ihe   traffic. 


BOARD    OF   COMMISSIONERS   OF   THF    PORT    OF    NEW    ORLEANS 


No.  1.  ERNEST  M.  LOEB,  President:  Is  prominent  as 
dealer  in  iind  nianut'iuturer  of  niac-hinery.  Horn  Houston, 
Texas,  .January  lit,  1  StiT.  Mr.  Loeb  early  in  life  became 
identified  with  the  muihinery  business,  in  which  ho  is  an 
expert,  organizing  a  niai-hine  selling  deparTment  for  Schwartz 
Supply  Co..  subsequently  becoming  a  partner  and  is  now  sole 
owner  of  that  business.  Mr.  Loeb  was  married  .Jan.  6,  1897. 
to  Miss  Elka  Freeman,  and  from  this  marriage  there  are 
four  children,  Claire  K.,  Freeman  K.,  Ernest  M.,  Jr..  and 
Kobert    E.    Loeb. 

No.  2.  WILLIAM  OTIS  HUDSON,  President  Marine 
Oil  Co..  son  of  U.  U.  and  Sarah  (Guess!  Hudson,  was  born 
at  Augusta,  Ga.,  May  5,  1865,  and  after  an  education  re- 
ceived in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state,  began  life 
in  the  mechanical  department  of  the  Southern  Railway  at 
Atlanta,  Ga.,  and  afterwards  was  locomotive  engineer  on 
S.  F.  &  W.  R.  R.,  then  accepting  employment  with  the 
Standard  Oil  Co.  as  traveling  salesman,  being  transferred 
to  New  Orleans  in  1S98  ;  has  served  as  Lieutenant  command- 
ing Division  E.,  Louisiana  Naval  Brigade  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Commissioners  for  the  Port  of  Orleans.  Is 
Vice-President  of  the  City  Bank  &  Trust  Company.  Presi- 
dent Satelite  Oil  Company  and  President  Marine  Oil  Com- 
pany, organizing  the  latter  Company  in  1902.  Was  mar- 
ried Oct.  6,  1S90.  to  Miss  Ellen  Douglass  Baber.  and  from 
this   union    there    is   one    child    .Tames    M.    Hudson. 

No.  3.  CHARLES  D.  O'CONNOR,  son  of  Tlimiuis  and 
Ellen  ( Fitzsininions )  O'Connor  was  born  at  New  Orleans, 
La.  July  17,  1864,  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  city  and  attended  Soule's  Business  College.  Under 
the  old  alderman ic  form  of  government,  served  for  twelve 
years  as  a  member  of  the  City  Council  of  New  Orleans,  and 
is  the  organizer  of  O'Connor  Company.  Ltd.  Is  also  propri- 
etor of  the  American  Laundry,  and  a  Director  of  City  Bank 
&  Trust  Co.  and  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Commissioners 
for  the   Port  of  Orleans,   known   as  the  Dock   Board. 

Mr.  O'Connor  was  married  Oct.  5.  1898  to  Mi;s  Camille 
Bertel  and  from  this  marriage  there  are  two  children  Camille 
and    Mildred    A. 

Is  a  prominent  factor  in  the  business  world  of  the  city 
of  New   Orleans. 


No.  4.  JEFF  D.  HARDIN.  Sr.,  burn  .\cw  Orh'ans.  La.. 
August  10,  l85fJ,  early  in  life  entered  into  the  commercial 
world  by  going  into  the  receiving  and  forwarding  and  com- 
mission business  at  New  Orleans  and  in  representing  the 
Western  Produce  interests,  which  business  has  been  continued 
up  to  date.  Was  elected  in  1905  a  member  of  Board  of  Com- 
missioners, Port  of  Orleans,  and  served  continuously  to  1914: 
being  rc-appointed  in  1915  and  still  serving.  Director  on 
Board  of  Trade  for  some  ten  years,  serving  also  as  its  Vice- 
President  and  President.  Member  of  Association  of  Com- 
merce since  its  organization,  and  member  Joint  Traffic  Bu- 
reau. President  Episcopal  Church  Club  of  Louisiana.  Ves- 
tryman Trinity  Church  for  15  years.  Trustee  Episcopal  Chil- 
dren's Home  and  Chairman  Finance  Committee  of  that  Insti- 
tution. Delegate  Alternate  Council  to  the  National  Chamber 
of   Commerce. 

No.  r).  RUDOLF  S.  HECHT,  Vice-President  of  the 
Ilibernia  Bank  &  Trust  Co.,  has  been  the  financial  advisor 
of  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Port  of  New  Orleans  for 
a  number  of  years  and  it  was  through  his  efforts  that  the 
Board  was  able  to  finance  the  construction  of  the  new  Cotton 
Warehouse  and  the  Grain  Elevator.  Mr.  Hecht  was  appointed 
a  member  of  the  Board  during  Governor  Hall's  administration 
in  recognition  of  the  valuable  services  he  had  rendered  the 
Board  as  a  citizen  and  as  a  banker,  and  he  is  now  acting 
Chairman  of  the  Finance  Committee  of  the  Board.  Besides 
hi?i  banking  connections,  Mr.  Hecht  is  prominently  identified 
with  a  number  of  important  local  commertial  enterprises. 

No.  6.  TILEY  SCOVAL  McCHESNEY,  Treasurer  and 
Assistant  Secretary:  Mr.  McChesney  was  born  New  Orleans, 
La..  January  16.  1871,  and  has  been  identified  with  the  work 
of  the  Dock  Board  since  1SS7.  Was  elected  as  Treasurer 
and  Assistant  Secretary  in  1907.  Is  a  painstaking  official  and 
the  right  man   in  the  right  place. 

Mr.  McChesney  married  Miss  Stella  Marie  Theriot  Jan. 
4,  1894.  at  New  Orleans,  and  from  this  marriage  there  are 
five  children,  Charles,  Thelma  Louise,  Nola  Mary.  Estelle 
Theriot  and  Lucille  Hagan. 


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OSCAR  DOWLING.  M.  D..  President  Louisiana  State  Board  of  Health,  a  son  of  Rev- 
erend Angus  and  Laura  L.  (Boswell)  Bowling,  was  born  near  Montgomery  (Ala.)  October 
29,  1866  ;  educated  at  Athens  College,  was  graduated  with  degree  of  M.  D.,  class  of  '88  from 
Vanderbilt  University  and  University  of  Nashville.  1892.  Dr.  Dowling  later  took  up  post- 
graduate work  in  New  York,  Chicago  and  New  Orlean.^  polyclinics;  New  York  Eye  and  Ear 
Infirmary,  and  clinics  in  London,  Berlin,  Paris  and  Mexico  City.  House  Surgeon  1896-97, 
Sr.  resident  Surgeon  1897-98  ;  assistant  to  surgeon  in  charge  1896-98,  Eye,  Ear.  Nose  and 
Throat  Hospital,  New  Orleans:  oculist  and  auriat  State  Charity  Hospital.  Shreveport.  La.,  also" 
various  Railway  Companies.  Specialist  in  treatment  of  eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat.  Member  of 
firm  of  Dowling  &  Scales.  Shreveport.  Member  Louisiana  State  Board  of  Health  1906-08. 
and  appointed  President  of  that  body  Sept.,  1910.  Opened  a  most  unique  "clean-up"  cam- 
paign embracing  the  entire  State  in  November.  1910.  and  toured  the  State  in  a  special  train 
with  health  exhibit,  inspecting  food  and  water  supplies  of  communities  :  1910-15  visited 
many  leading  cities  with  train.  North  and  East  and  West  to  the  Pacific  Slope.  Married 
1915,   Mrs.   Lula  Tindall   George. 

Trustee  of  A.  M.  A..  President  Southern  Medical  Assoeiation.  1915  ;  Director  Am.  Public 
Health  Ass'n  ;  2nd  Vice-Pres.  of  National  Oral  Hygiene  Ass'n  ;  1st  Vice-Pres.  Southern 
Sociological  Congress:  Chairman  Malaria  Commission,  National  Drainage  Congress;  Associate 
Editor  Southern  Medical  Journal.  Tri-State  Med.  Ass'n,  ( Pre^^.  1905-061;  Louisiana  State 
Med.  Society.  (Pres.  1907-08);  Southern  Med.  Ass'n.  (Sec.-Treas.  1907-10);  Shreveport 
Med.  Society,  (Pres.  1908-09)  ;  Physicians  and  Surgeons  Club,  (Pres.  1909-101.  Founder 
and  editor  Medical  Recorder,  changed  to  Journal  Southern  Medical  Association.  1908  ;  mem- 
ber La.  State  Game  Commission.  (1908-10);  Vice-Pres.  La.  State  Fair  Association.  1910; 
and  Director  since  its  organization.  Member  Navy  League,  1st  Lieutenant  Medical  Reserve 
Corps,  U.   S.   Army. 

In  the  social  life  of  Louisiana,  belongs  to  the  following  clubs:  Columbia,  Athletic, 
Elks,  "Ananias."  Chamber  of  Commerce.  Country  Club.  Shreveport.  Press  Club.  Pi.kwick. 
Boston.  Chess.  Checkers  and  WTiist.  Choctaw,  Louisiana.  Southern  Yacht.  Country  Club, 
Association  of  Commerce,  of  New  Orleans.  Has  contributed  liberally  to  following  medical 
journals:  The  Southern  Medical.  American  Journal  Public  Health,  Ohio  State  Journal,  Minn. 
State  Journal,  Texas  State  Journal.  Journal  Am.  Med.  Ass'n.,  Journal  of  Law  and  Crim- 
inology, etc. 


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HUGH  McCLOSKEY,  son  of  John  and  Catherine  McCloskey.  business  man  and  man 
of  affairs,  was  born  in  Londonderry,  Ireland,  In  the  year  ISS.?.  After  an  education  in  the 
public  and  private  schools  of  Londoudtrry.  he  Immigrated  to  the  United  States  m  the  year 
1871  ;  beginning  his  business  career  as  a  clerk  with  the  wholesale  gro.:ery  firm  of  Schwa- 
bacher  &  Hirsh,  subsequently  becoming  Interested  in  that  concern.  In  1879,  he  withdrew 
from  that  company  and  organized  the  firm  of  McCloskey  &  Henderson  which  was  later  suc- 
ceeded by  the  firm  of  McCloskey   Brothers,   of  which  latter  firm   he  is  senior  member. 

In  1908,  Mr.  McCloskey  became  President  of  the  New  Orleans  Railway  &  Light  Com- 
panv,  from  which  position  he  resigned  In  1913  to  accept  the  Presidency  of  the  American 
Cities  Company,  which  position  he  now  occupies.  He  is  Vice-President  of  the  Hihernia 
Bank  &  Trust  Company  and  Vice-President  of  the  D.  H.  Holmes  Company.  He  was  Chair- 
man of  the  Committee  which  was  responsible  tor  the  creation  and  organization  of  the  Board 
of  Commissioners  for  the  Port  of  New  Orleans,  known  as  the  Dock  Board ;  and  served  as 
President  of  that  important  body  for  twelve  vears.  He  was  also  one  of  the  organizers  of 
the   Board  of  Trade  at  New   Orleans,   and  served  as   its   President  for  three  years.  _ 

In  the  social  life  of  New  Orleans,  Mr.  McCloskey  takes  a  prominent  part.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Boston,  Pickwick,  Chess,  Checkers  and  Whist,  Country,  and  Southern  \acht 
Clubs. 


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MARK  LEIGH  ALEXANDER,  a  son  of  James  T.  and  Fannie  iLedyard)  Alexander, 
was  born  August  15.  l.Sli'J.  at  Meeklenberg  County.  Virginia.  On  tlie  paternal  side.  his. 
grandmother  was  a  daughter  of  Governor  Turner  of  North  Carolina,  while  a  grandfather. 
Mark  Ale.\ander.  represented  Virginia  in  Congress  of  the  United  States  for  sixteen  years. 
After  his  edueation  in  the  common  school,  commenced  in  the  business  world  as  a  clerk  in 
the  hardware  store  of  A.  Baldwin  &  Co..  of  New  Orleans.  La.,  subsequently  being  a  traveling 
salesman  for  15  years  for  some  of  the  largest  hardware  houses  in  the  South.  Engaged  in  the 
real  estate  and  insurance  business  at  Alexandria  in  general  exploitation  work  and  Secretary 
of  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  that  citv.  Is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  &  Protective  Order  of 
Elks  and  member  of  Chess.  Checkers  and  Whist  Club,  the  Press  Club,  the  Round  Table  Club. 
Yacht  Club,  and  of  Association  of  Commerce  of  New  Orleans. 

Is  a  member  of  National  Geographic  Society  and  of  Louisiana  Historical  Society  :  Vice- 
President  of  Americ-an  Fisheries  Society.  Louisiana  Forestry  Association.  National  Asso- 
ciation Fish  &  Game  Commissioners,  and  National  Association  Conservation  Commissioners. 
Is  President  of  the  National  Association  Fisheries  Commissioners  and  member  Executive 
Board  of  National  Conservation  Congress  and  of  Executive  Council  of  the  Department  of 
Breeding  and  Preserving  of  American  Game  Protective  Association,  and  is  now  President 
of  the  Conservation  Commission  of  Louisiana. 

Was  married  on  June  12.  1888,  at  Alexandria  to  Miss  Nellie  Luckett  of  Rapides  Parish, 
Louisiana,  and  from  this  issue  there  are  three  children.  Ethel,  Constance  and  Mark  Leigh, 
Jr..  Alexander. 


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PURNELL  MITCHELL  MILNER,  Attorney,  son  of  Dr.  Uriel  Richardson  and  Serena 
(Pnrnell)  M  liner,  whose  ancestors  came  from  England  and  Ireland.  On  the  maternal  side 
the  Purnells  settled  at  Snowhill,  iMaryland.  where  Walton  Purnell.  great  grandfather,  was 
born  in  171;^;  family  niovid  to  Virginia,  thence  Tennessee,  thence  Alabama.  Dr.  William 
Purnell.  son  of  Walton,  born  July  1,  1771,  married  Elizabeth  Dillon  November  21.  1799. 
The  Dillons  came  from  Ballanasloe,  County  of  Galway,  Ireland.  On  the  paternal  side  his 
great-great  grandfather,  John  Milner.  settled  in  Oglethorpe  County,  Ga.  Uriel  Richardson  ' 
Milner.  father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  born  in  1824,  was  a  son  ot  John  Ballard  Milner 
and  Ada  Calloway. 

After  receiving  a  common  school  education  in  the  public  and  private  schools  of  his 
native  city,  attended  University  ot  Louisiana,  following  which  he  attended  Tulane  Law- 
School,  graduating  in  class  of  1892:  was  connected  with  the  office  of  General  Counsel  for 
New  Orleans  &  Northeastern  Railroad  for  fourteen  years  in  the  practice  of  law,  making  a 
specialty  of  contract,  insurance,  surety  and  casualty  business,  becoming  General  Counsel 
in  Louisiana  ot  Fidelity  &  Deposit  Company  of  Maryland  and  representing  that  Company  as 
such  since  1894  ;  represents  also  since  189fi,  the  Maryland  Casualty  Company.  Formed  a 
law  partnership  in  1906  with  H.  Gibhs  Morgan,  which  partnership  dissolved  in  1909. 

Member  of  American  Bar  Association.  United  Sons  of  Veterans.  Louisiana  Bar  Asso- 
ciation, National  Geographic  Society,  Medalist  Glendy  Burke  Literary  Society  :  President 
Louisiana  State  Good  Roads  Association  and  of  New  Orleans  Gulf  Coast  Good  Roads  Asso- 
ciation and  is  on  the  Executive  Committee  ot  the  Jackson  Highway  Association  :  Vice-President 
of  "Old  Spanish  Trail,"  Member  of  Society  for  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals;  Young 
Men's  Gymnastic  Club,  New  Orleans  Country  Club.  Boston  Club.  Southern  Yacht  Club  and 
of  Carnival  Organizations:  life  member  of  St.  Johns  Rowing  Club.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  has  in  his  possession  a  family  Bible  with  entries  showing  dates  of  the  year  1713  : 
the  book  itself  being  one  hundred  and  twelve  years  old  :  also  has  in  his  possession  a  Masonic 
pin,   handed   down   from   generation    to   generation,    which    is   one   hundred   and   six   years   old. 

Married  Miss  Marie  Louise  Morgan  January  5,  1S99,  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  and  from 
this    issue    there    are    two    children.    Louise    and    Ula. 


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GEORGE  H.  DAVIS,  of  Kord,  Bacon  &  Davis,  New  York,  New  Orleans,  and  San  Fran- 
cisco, was  born  Oswego,  N.  Y.  in  the  year  1863,  and  after  graduating  from  the  Oswego 
Normal  School,  entered  Cornell  University,  graduating  as  Mechanical  Engineer  class  of  1892. 
with  degree  of  M.  E..  and  after  a  year  of  practical  engineering  work  as  foreman  and  super- 
intendent of  construction  of  various  electric  railway  companies  became  superintendent  of 
construction  of  the  Steinway  Railway  Company  in  New  York  in  189.3-9-1.  and  in  1894-95 
came  to  New  Orleans  as  superintendent  of  construction  of  the  Orleans  Railroad  Company, 
in  the  employ  of  F'ord  &  Bacon,  and  entered  the  firm  of  Ford,  Bacon  &  Davis  in  1S95.  As 
a  member  of  this  firm,  in  conjunction  with  other  members,  planned  the  construction  and 
re-construction  of  the  Canal  ii  Claiborne  R.  R.,  the  New  Orleans  &  Carrollton  R.  R..  the 
New  Orleans  &  Carrollton  Railroad.  Light  &  Power  Co..  the  N.  O.  Railway.  Light  &  Power 
Co..  and  other  electric  light  properties  of  New  Orleans  ;  also  designed  and  constructed  other 
railway  and  light  companies  in  Birmingham.  Memphis.  Knoxville.  Little  Rock,  Houston. 
Nashville,  Atlanta.  Washington  ( D.  O,  Kansas  City  and  San  Francisco.  Served  as  Presi- 
dent American  Cities  Co..  1911  to  1913;  and  in  the  social  world  is  a  member  of  Railroad, 
Cornell  and  Engineers  Clubs  of  New  York,  and  of  the  Boston,  Pickwick,  Country.  Y.  M. 
G.  C.  Press.  Southern  Yacht,  Round  Table  and  Motor  League  Clubs  of  New  Orleans. 
Member  also  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engi- 
neers, American  Electric  Railway  Ass'n.  American  Gas  Institute.  Louisiana  Engineering 
Society,  National  Rivers  &  Harbors  Congress,  Tulane  Society  of  Economics.  N.  O.  Associa- 
tion of  Commerce  and  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  U.  S.,  Washington.  D.  C.  Married  Septem- 
ber 29,  1S9S,  Miss  Katherine  McGrath,  and  from  this  marriage  there  are  two  children. 
Philip  M.  and  Putnam  Davis. 


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PAUL  CAPDEVIELLE,  born  January  15.  1842.  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  was  educated 
in  the  Jesuits  College  of  his  native  city,  graduating  in  1S61,  immediately  going  into  the 
service  of  the  Confederacy,  later  graduating  in  law  from  the  Tulane  University,  practiced 
law  at  New  Orleans,  giving  up  this  practice  later  to  devote  his  time  to  increasing  business 
affairs,  being  President  of  the  Merchants  Insurance  Company  for  some  thirteen  years.  Was 
appointed  member  of  State  School  Board  in  1S77,  subsequently  being  appointed  member  of 
New  Orleans  Levee  Board  ;  elected  Mayor  of  New  Orleans  in  1899.  serving  until  1904. 
when  he  was  appointed  Auditor  of  Public  Accounts  by  Governor  Blanchard.  being  elected 
to  succeed  himself  in  1908  and  again  in  1912  and  1916.  now  serving  his  fourth  term. 

In  1902.  was  decorated  by  French  Government  with  Cross  of  Legion  of  Honor,  and  in 
same  year  King  Oscar  of  Sweden  conferred  on  him  another  honor,  seldom  shown  an  American, 
being  the  Cross  of  Commander  of  the  Order  of  Saint  Olaff ;  also  had  conferred  by  United 
Daughters  of  Confederacy  another  Cross  of  Honor,  and  in  1904  the  St.  Louis  University 
conferred  on  Mr.  Capdevielle  the  degree  of  LL.  D.  ;  is  a  member  of  St.  Vincent  de  Paul 
Society,  of  the  Sodality  of  the  Virgin.  Knights  of  Columbus.  Elks  and  other  orders.  Was 
married  in  ISTS  to  Miss  Marie  Emma  Larue,  and  from  this  issue  there  are  six  children,  as 
follows:    Paul,   Jr.,  Auguste,  Yvonne.   Christian.   PMith   and  James. 


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HAROLD,  W.  NEWMAN,  rcminussinner  ol  Puhll.  Safety  01  New  Uriciuis.  was  liDin  at 
New  Orleans.  La..  October  2.  1,S72.  and  is  a  son  of  Morris  W.  and  Rebecca  (Weil}  Newman; 
after  receiving  an  education  in  the  public  and  private  schools  of  his  native  city,  graduated 
from  Tulane   University  with  degree  of  A.    U.   and   LL.    B. 

Following  his  graduation,  entered  into  the  practice  of  law,  being  thus  engaged  for  twelve 
years,  then  becoming  a  member  of  the  Arm  of  M.  \V.  Newman  &  Sons,  investment  brokers. 
New  Orleans.  La.,  and  was  elected  in  October  of  1912  Commissioner  of  Public  Safety.  New 
Orleans.  La.,  for  four  years  ;  also  served  as  First  Vice-President  of  Safety  First  Federation 
of  America. 


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JOHN  CHRISTIE  BARR,  Presbyterian  Minister,  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Grace  (Pearce) 
Barr.  was  born  in  Xmv  Orleans.  La.,  October  27,  1872;  after  attending  for  a  brief  period  at 
a  Parochial  School  in  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church,  attended  a  private  school  at  Port 
Eads,  returning  later  and  attending  a  private  school  condutted  by  Mrs.  James  I.  Bard  of 
New  Orleans,  following  which  attended  McDonogh  School  No.  10  of  New  Orleans,  then  the 
Boys'  High  School,  graduating  as  Valedictorian,  class  of  '89  ;  later  attended  Tulane  Univer- 
sity, graduating  with  degree  of  B.  S.,  class  of  '93,  and  on  receiving  fellowship.  Inok  a  post- 
graduate course,  receiving  the  M.  A.  degree  in  1895;  subsequently  graduating  from  South- 
western Presbyterian  University  with  degree  of  B.  D.  :  later  receiving  honorary  degree  of 
D.  D.  from  same  school.  Member  of  Pi  Kappa  Alpha  Fraternity.  The  first  call  received  by 
Dr.  Barr  came  from  St.  Francis  Street  Presbyterian  Church  at  Mobile,  but  declining  that 
call,  he  came  to  New  Orleans  and  served  the  Prytania  Street  Presbyterian  Church.  After 
serving  Prytania  Street  Church  for  six  months,  was  called  to  the  Lafayette  Presbyterian 
Church  of  New  Orleans,  of  which  church  he  still  is  pastor,  having  been  ordained  there  on 
February  27,  189S.  Has  been  instrumental  in  the  organization  of  Presbyterian  Churches 
at  the  following  places  in  Louisiana:  Gretna.  Harvey,  Westwego,  Kentwood.  Hammond. 
Paradis,  Bowie.  Gheens,  Delta  Farms.  Lafitte,  Kenner,  Bunkie,  Algiers,  etc.  He  is  also  a 
meriiber  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  Oglethorpe  University,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Is  the  President  of  the  Presbyterian  Hospital  of  New  Orleans,  Is  the  author  of  an 
interesting  pamphlet,  published  by  the  National  Reform  Association  (of  which  he  is  a 
Vice-President)  entitled  "The  Will  of  John  McDonogh  of  New  Orleans  and  the  Public 
Schools  of  America."  Was  married  to  Miss  Anna  Mabry  of  Clarksville.  Tennessee,  Feb- 
ruary 5,    1901. 


CHARLES  F.  GELBKE.  Physician  and  Surgeon,  a  son  of  Louis  C.  and  Mary  (Lanier) 
Gelbke.  was  born  OL-tober  11.  1S78.  at  Tangipahoa,  La.,  and  after  an  education  received  in 
the  public  schools  of  Gretna  and  New  Orleans  and  the  Boy's  High  School,  matriculated  in 
medical  cour.se  a't  Tulane  University,  class  of  '97,  graduating  in  1900  with  degree  of  Doctor 

Is'a  member  of  Louisiana  State  Board  of  Health,  being  on  the  Finance  Committee,  a 
member  of  the  Louisiana  Medical  Society.  American  Medii^al  Association  and  other  medical 
societies:  served  as  Coroner  for  a  number  of  years  and  was  the  organizer  and  was  the  !•  irst 
President  of  .Jefferson  Educational  Association,  is  President  Orange  Lands  Company,  and 
President  Gretna  Exchange  &  Savings  Bank  and  interested  in  Loisel  Model  Farm  Company 
Belongs  to  the  Benevolent  Knights  of  America,  is  a  member  of  the  Druids,  Lee  Benevolent 
Association,    and   is  a   Mason. 


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WILLIAM  M.  WREN,  was  born  February  28.  1S68.  at  Galvostou,  Texa^.  educated  in 
the  pviblic  schools,  after  school  at  the  age  of  thirteen,  started  in  life  as  a  water  boy  in  the 
building  and  contracting  business  and  worked  and  studied  the  various  branches  of  building 
and  construction  work  generally  until,  steadily  advancing,  as  Superintendent,  he  built  the 
Sewerage  system  at  Chattanooga.  Tenn.,  in  1887  ;  after  which  as  Superintendent  of  Con- 
struction he  built  the  first  and  largest  power  tunnel  of  Niagara  Falls  ;  also  as  Superintendent, 
put  in  the  main  sewers  of  the  city  of  Niagara  :  going  then  to  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  as  Superintendent 
and  building  the  largest  grain  elevator  in  that  city,  following  which  he  went  to  Depew,  N.  Y. 
and  superintended  the  building  of  the  sewerage  system  of  that  city;  after  which,  returning 
to  New  Orleans  in  1896,  was  in  charge  of  the  brick  work  on  the  St.  Louis  Canal  :  having 
charge  later  of  the  concreting  and  pile-driving  of  the  Third  Street  Canal  of  New  Orleans  ; 
launching  out  for  himself  in  1890,  contracted  for  the  pile-driving  and  concrete  work  for  the 
Nashville  Avenue,  Lower  Line  and  Leonidas  Streets,  building  also  the  foundation  of  most 
of  the  naval  station  buildings  of  New  Orleans  ;  starting  then  in  the  general  contracting 
business,  built  five  pumping  stations  for  the  Sewerage  and  Water  Board  of  New  Orleans,  one 
of  them  being  the  first  deep  excavation,  ^?>  feet,  that  had  ever  been  done  in  the  city  of  New 
Orleans.  Built  also  the  Valence  Street  wharf,  the  Kernigan  wharf.  Mandeville  Street  wharf. 
Press  Street  wharf,  completed  the  Pauline  Street  wharf,  reconstructed  the  Chalmette  slips 
and  closed  the  Hymelia  crevasse  ;  just  now  completed  the  Lower  Line  and  Leonidas  Streets 
canals. 


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HARRY  McEVOY  BRENNAN,  Attorney,  a  son  ot  Thomas  Patri.k  and  -Mary  Ellen 
Brenuan,  was  born  at  Newport.  Ky..  October  9.  1SS2-  A  graduate  from  Christian  Brothers 
College,  class  of  Jift,  degree  of  A.  B..  and  from  Tulane  Law  School  in  1902  with  degree 
of  LL.  B.,  class  of  02,  degree  of  A.  M.  being  conferred  by  Christian  Brothers  College  ia 
1906.  Admitted  to  practice  in  1903  and  handled  claim  of  Conrad  heirs,  which  caused 
friction  between  Archbishop  of  New  Orleans  and  Mr,  Brennan  in  1906.  being  a  controversy 
with  the  Catholic  Church  over  funds  of  a  certain  religious  institution  of  New  Orleans. 
Entered  St.  Mary's  University  to  review  theology  and  to  enter  the  Catholic  Priesthood,  but 
on  account  of  unfriendly  relations  with  ecclesiastical  authorities  Mr.  Brennan  was  rejected 
and  subsequently  ex-communicated.  His  defense  in  this  matter  is  contained  in  his  book 
DeGrege,  which  is  now  in  course  of  compilation.  Is  a  Woodman  of  the  World,  and  belongs 
to  the  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians,  Friendly  Sons  of  St.  Patrick  of  Shreveport  and  Knights 
and   Ladies  of   Honor.      Is  a   Democrat  in   politics  aud  prominent  candidate  for  Congress. 


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L,  LAZARO,  of  Washington,  La.,  Physician.  Planter,  Congressman,  was  born  in  St. 
Landry  Parish,  June  5,  1872;  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  St.  Landry  Parish  and  St. 
Isadore's  College.  New  Orleans  ;  graduated  in  medicine  in  1894,  and  has  practiced  medicine 
for  21  years;  is  a  member  of  the  St.  Landry  Parish  Medical  Society,  Louisiana  Medical 
Society,  and  the  American  Medical  Society;  served  as  a  member  and  President  of  the  St. 
Landry  Parish  School  Board  for  four  years  ;  elected  to  the  Louisiana  State  Senate  in  1908 
and  1912,  both  times  without  opposition  ;  now  serving  his  second  term  in  Congress  from  the 
Seventh  Congressional  District  of  Louisiana,  embracing  the  parishes  of  Acadia.  Allen, 
Beauregard.  Calcasieu.  Cameron,  Evangeline,  Jefferson  Davis  and  St.  Landry;  is  a  Demo- 
crat and  takes  an  active  interest  in  Congress  in  looking  after  the  interests  of  his  con- 
stituency. Married  Miss  Mary  Curley  at  Washington.  Louisiana,  in  1895.  from  which  Issue 
there  are  four  children  ;   one  boy.    Ladislas,   Jr..    and   three   girls.    Mary.    Elaine   and   Heloise. 


RICHARD  K.  BONEY,  Farmer  and  Planter,  son  of  Greene  L.  and  Martha  E.  (Coikel 
llonev,  was  born  Ditober  Hi.  1858,  at  Madison  Parish.  La.  Graduated  from  the  V.  M.  I.. 
1878.  educated  in  the  law  at  the  University  of  Virginia,  he  next  graduated  from  the  University 
of  Louisiana,  class  of  80  and  practiced  law  in  St.  Paul  for  tour  years,  then  removing  to 
South  Bend,  Wash.,  being  engaged  in  the  practice  at  that  point  tor  six  years,  later  remov- 
ing to  Spokane  tor  two  years,  returning  to  Louisiana  in  189S  to  take  charge  of  his  fathers 
and  brothers'  estates.  Is  a  pioneer  in  the  adoption  of  progressive  methods  in  diversihed 
farming,  participated  in  organizing  State  agricultural  associations  and  is  now  President 
Lespedeza  Growers'  Association.  Is  a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Education.  Geographic 
Society,  K.  of  P..  B.  P.  O.  E.,  and  a  Knight  Templar  and  Scottish  Rite  Mason.  'Was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Rena  B.  Cox,  April  27,  1896,  and  from  this  issue  there  are  three  children, 
two  girls  and  a  boy. 


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CLARENCE  CHERRINGTON  HENSON,  Principal  Isidore  Newman  Manual  Training 
School,  boru  in  Jackson  County,  Ohio,  .January  8,  1875,  a  son  of  James  K.  and  Agatha 
(Evans)  Henson,  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  his  native  State,  then  at  Ohio 
University,  graduating  from  the  class  of  '99  with  degree  of  A.  B. ;  graduate  of  Columbia 
University,  class  of  '04  with  degree  of  M.  A.  Is  now  directing  the  affairs  of  the  Isidore 
Newman  Manual  Training  School.  New  Orleans,  La.,  with  a  membership  of  four  hundred 
pupils.  Is  a  member  of  Beta  Theta  Phi.  and  a  Master  Mason.  Was  married  to  Miss 
Blanche  Nell  Wilson  August  23,  1905.  at  Portland.  Oregon,  and  from  this  issue  there  is 
one  child.  Clarence,  four  years  of  age,  born  at  New  Orleans,  November  24,   1911. 


31 


WHITMELL  P.  MARTIN,  a  .son  of  Kobert  Campbell  and  Margaret  (Littlejolm)  Mar- 
tin, was  born  in  the  Parish  of  Assumption  August  12.  1S67.  After  an  education  obtained 
in  the  public  schools  and  under  private  tutors,  he  graduated  from  the  Louisiana  State 
University,  class  of  ISSS,  with  degree  of  B.  S.  Subsequently  took  a  special  course  in  sugar 
chemistry,  and  filled  the  position  of  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  the  Kentucky  Military  Insti- 
tute at  Frankfort.  Ky.,  later  taking  up  the  study  of  law  at  the  University  of  Virginia  and 
being  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1891.  After  practicing  his  profession  for  a  short  time  in 
Assumption,  he  moved  to  Thibodaux.  which  place  has  since  been  his  home;  was  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Education  from  1894  to  1900:  District  Attorney  from  1900  to  1907; 
elected  Judge  of  the  Twentieth  Judicial  District  in  1907  ;  was  married  to  Miss  Amy  Wil- 
liamson, of  DeSoto  Parish,  in  1906,  and  four  children  were  born  to  them — Amy.  Whitmell 
Pugh,  Jr.  (who  died  at  the  age  of  12  years,  in  May.  1914),  Marshall  Leigh,  and  Robert 
Campbell.  In  1912  Judge  Martin  was  alternate  delegate  to  the  Baltimore  convention  that 
nominated  President  AVoodrow  Wilson  and  was  an  ardent  supporter  of  Wilson,  but  when 
the  Underwood  tariff  bill,  placing  sugar  on  the  free  list,  was  passed,  materially  reducing 
the  duty  upon  other  products  of  Louisiana,  believing  that  the  Democratic  Party  had  violated 
its  traditions  and  platform  pledges,  and  being  of  the  opinion  that  a  free-trade  policy  would 
prove  ruinous  to  the  interests  of  Louisiana,  he  left  the  Democratic  Party  and  joined  the 
Progressive  Party.  He  was  nominated  by  convention  as  the  Progressive  candidate  for  Con- 
gress and  defeated  his  Democratic  opponent  by  1.426  votes,  being  the  first  non-Democratic 
Congressman  to  be  sent  from  Louisiana  in  over   25   years. 


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LIEUTENANT-COLONEL  THOMAS  J.  LEWIS,  U.  S.  Army,  retired,  born  New 
Orleans,  La.,  a  son  of  General  Jno.  L.  and  Henrietta  (Bahm)  Lewis,  who  was  Mayor  of 
New  Orleans  in  l.s.54.  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city,  in  the  Louisiana 
State  University  at  Baton  Rouge,  received  appointment  at  West  Point  at  the  hands  of  Con- 
gressman Randall  L.  Gibson,  187.5  ;  was  graduated  from  West  Point,  June  13,  1879.  and 
promoted  from  a  cadet  to  a  Second  Lieutenancy  in  the  Second  Cavalry;  his  military  record 
from  that  date  being  one  of  successive  promotions  and  is  as  follows  :  Served  on  frontier 
duty  at  Ft.  Custer.  Mon.,  and  in  the  field,  Oct.  21.  187S  to  May  24.  ISSl ;  Ft.  Walla  Walla, 
Wash.,  and  in  the  field,  to  Aug.   12.   1886;  and  Boise  Barracks,   Ida. 

(Continued  on  page  62) 


42 


JOSE  R.  CABRERA,  Cuban  Consul  to  the  United  States,  was  born  at  Havana.  Cuba, 
March  24.  1861,  and  after  leaving  the  preparatory  schools  of  his  native  city,  graduated 
from  the  University  of  Havana  with  degree  of  B.  A.  and  B.  L.  Receiving  his  training  for 
the  diplomatic  corps  first  in  looking  after  the  interests  of  the  Argentine  Republic  in 
Havana  (1S89-1902).  Senor  Cabrera  represented  also  the  Brazilian  Government  at  Havana 
from  1891  to  1902,  and  had  further  honors  showered  upon  him  in  his  selection  as  Consul 
to  the  United  States  for  the  Cuban  Government,  with  headquarters  at  New  Orleans.  In 
the  social  lite.  Mr.  Cabrera  is  a  member  of  the  Yacht  Club  and  Country  Club  of  Havana 
and  a  member  of  the  Surf  Club  of  New  Orleans.  Married  Miss  Francis  Baker  of  Trinidad, 
Cuba.  August  25.  1892,  and  from  this  marriage  there  are  four  children.  Anna  Louise.  Ophelia. 
Mary  and  Joseph.  Is  a  scholarly  gentleman  and  man  of  affairs  and  is  well  equipped  to  look 
after  the  affairs  of  his  native  country   in  the  United  States. 


43 


THOMAS  ROLAND  HUGHES,  son  of  W.  B.  and  Ida  (Jordan)  Hughes,  was  born  at 
Shreveport  La.,  January  4,  ISTS.  and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city 
and  at  Spencer's  Business  College  of  New  Orleans,  and  immediately  after  leaving  school 
entered  into  the  emplovment  of  A.  J.  Ingersoll  &  Co.  For  the  past  twenty  years,  an 
enthusiastic  Democrat  and  always  working  indefatigably  in  the  cause  of  Democracy,  Mr. 
Hughes  was  elected  January  2.'j.  1916.  to  the  important  office  of  Sheriff  of  Caddo  Parish. 
In  the  fraternal  world  Is  a  member  of  the  following  lodges:  Caddo  Lodge  Xo.  Ir9,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  Shreveport  Consistory:  El-Karubah  Temple,  Shreveport  Lodge  Xo.  122  ;  B.  P._  O.  fc .  : 
Caddo  Lodge  Xo.  147  K.  of  P.  :  Broad  Ax  Camp  16  W.  O.  W.  :  Moose  Lodge  Xo.  591 
L,  O.  O.  M.  :  Shreveport  Leiderkarantz,  Was  married  to  Miss  Millie  A  Pruitt,  November 
28  1S99  and  from  this  marriage  there  is  one  child.  Fay  Thomas  Hughes,  born  August 
7.   1901. 


44 


JOHN  LEWIS  DANTZLER,  born  in  Mobile,  Ala..  January  21st,  1860,  is  the  son  of 
L.  N,  Dantzler  and  Eran  (Griffin  I  Dantzler,  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Moss 
Point,  Miss.,  graduate  of  Vanderbilt  University,  Class  '80.  graduate  of  Law  Department  of 
University  of  Mississippi,  Class  of  '83,  and  was  Valedictorian  of  the  class  of  that  year,  after 
which,  to  get  certain  practical  experience,  worked  for  twelve  months  in  the  office  of  the 
Clerk  of  Chancerv  Court  at  Moss  Point,  Miss,,  entering  the  practice  of  law  at  Moss  Point 
in  partnership  with  Thomas  S.  Ford,  under  firm  name  of  Ford  and  Dantzler,  which  partner- 
ship existed  for  three  years,  then  entering  into  the  lumber  business  with  L.  N.  Dantzler, 
his  father,  of  the  L.  N.  Dantzler  Lumber  Company,  being  Secretary  of  that  Company  to  date, 
a  period  extending  over  twenty-flve  years,  living  in  Moss  Point  until  1912.  when  he  removed 
to  New  Orleans. 

In  the  social  life  of  New  Orleans.  Mr.  Dantzler  is  a  member  of  the  following  clubs : 
Boston.  Pickwick.  Louisiana,  Country  Club.  Motor  League.  Yacht  Club.  Phi  Delta  Theta 
Fraternity;  Is  a  Mason  and  Odd  Fellow;  President  of  the  Standard  Export  Lumber  Company, 
New  Orleans  ;  President  Southern  Paper  Company,  Moss  Point,  Miss.  :  President  Griffin  Land 
Company,  Moss  Point,  Miss.;  President  Ten  Mile  Lumber  Company,  Ten  Mile,  Miss.:  Presi- 
dent Native  Lumber  Company,  Howison.  Miss,  ;  President  VanCleave  Lumber  Company,  Moss 
Point,  Miss.,  and  President  Pascagoula-Moss  Point  Northern  Railroad  Company  ;  Vice-Pres. 
Jordan  River  Lumber  Company,  Kiln.  Miss.  ;  Vice-Pres.  Pascagoula  Towing  Company.  Pasca- 
goula.  Miss.  ;  Vice-Pres.  Union  Lumber  Company.  New  Orleans,  and  Vice-Pres.  Moss  Point 
Fertilizer  Company.  Moss  Point,  Miss. ;  Director  Forest  Products  Company,  New  Orleans : 
Director  New  Amsterdam  Casualty  Company,  and  Director  Bond  Lumber  Company.  Bond. 
Miss. 

Married  In  May  of  1S93  to  Miss  Nan  Mayers,  at  Brandon.  Miss.,  and  from  this  issue 
there  are  two  children.  Eran  and  Alonzo  Mayers  Dantzler. 


45 


CLARENCE  ADOLPH  BURGHEIM,  Physician.  Surgeon,  Nicaraguan  Consul,  a  son 
of  Jacob  and  Henrietta  Burglu-lm,  was  born  at  Columbus,  Texas,  .Tune  1,  18S0,  and  after 
attending  the  public-  and  high  schools  of  Texas  and  preparatory  schools,  attended  the 
University  of  Texas.  1900-01  ;  following  which  he  spent  twelve  years  in  Nicaragua,  afterwards 
returning'  to  the  States,  and  taking  a  course  at  Tulane  University,  medical  department,  during 
the  years  1912-13-14-15,  graduating  and  receiving  diploma  as  a  Doctor  of  Medicine  on 
June   2.   1915. 

Serving  first  his  native  State  as  a  private  in  the  Emmett  Rifles.  Texas  National  Guard. 
1897-98.  subsequently  saw  service  as  Hospital  Steward  in  U.  S.  Array  1899-1900.  with  Col. 
Wm.  C.  Gorgas.  Chief  Surgeon  Division  of  Cuba,  then  in  Havana.  Surgeon  in  San  Pablo 
Hospital.  Blueflelds,  Nicaragua,  1907-08.  Surgeon  with  rank  of  Colonel  in  Nicaraguan 
Army.  1909-10-11. 

Is  a  member  of  the  Academy  of  Science  of  New  Orleans.  Louisiana.  National  Geographic 
Society,  and  of  Kappa  Psi  Fraternity.  Pi  Chapter,  a  Mason  and  member  of  Round  Table 
Club  of  New  Orleans  and  of  Louisiana  Historical  Society. 

Was  married  July  2.  1911.  at  Granada.  Nicaragua,  to  Miss  Carmen  Charmorro  B..  a 
daughter  of   Secretary  of   State  of  Nicaragua. 


46 


JAMES  LONG  WRIGHT,  Prosidcnt  Bankers  Loan  i  Securities  Company,  was  born  at 
Sherman.  Texas,  .January  9.  1SS2.  and  after  an  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Fort 
Worth,  including  commercial  and  business  courses,  began  the  battle  of  life  as  an  ofRce  boy  in 
the  Land  Mortgage  Bank  of  Texas,  moved  to  Louisiana  sixteen  years  ago.  rising  rapidly  from 
stenographer  and  bookkeeper  to  Manager  of  People's  Independent  Rice  Milling  Company, 
Crowley,  La.,  later  serving  as  Secretary  and  Manager  American  Rice  Brokerage  Company, 
of  Crowley,  was  afterward  Secretary  World's  Panama  Exposition  Company,  and  Secretary- 
Treasurer  Pan-Amercian  Life  Insurance  Company   from   1911   to  1916. 

Mr.  Wright  was  disbursing  officer  on  the  staffs  of  Governor  Blanchard  and  Governor 
Sanders  and  was  quartermaster-general  on  the  staff  of  Governor  Hall.  Is  President  of  Fed- 
eral Fruit  &  Cold  Storage  Company,  and  First  'Vice-Presjdent  Reliance  Homestead  Associa- 
tion, and  in  the  social  life  of  N'ew  Orleans  is  a  member  of  the  following  clubs:  Chess. 
Checkers  and  Whist.  Pickwick,  Country  and  Audubon  Golf  Clubs.  Is  a  32nd  degree  Scottish 
Rite  Mason,  Knight's  Templar  and  Shriner,  and  one  of  the  solid  business  men  of  the  Cres- 
cent City. 


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S6 


ERNEST  A.  WHITE,  Veterinary  Surgeon,  born  at  .New 
Orleans.  La..  January  14.  1875;  graduating  from  the  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania,  class  of  '97  :  immediately  began  the 
prai-tiee  of  his  chosen  profession  at  New  Orleans,  and  since 
the  first  year  of  his  practice.  1897.  has  built  up  a  large  and 
lucrative  practice  in  New  Orleans. 

Dr.  White  is  a  Mason.  Shriner  and  an  Elk.  and  belongs 
tn  the  Young  Men's  Gymnastic  Club,  and  is  regarded  as  one  of 
the  foremost  men  in  his  profession  at  New  Orleans,  La. 


WILLIAM  F.  ROY,  Editor,  born  in  St.  Bernard  Parish, 
October  10,  187".  graduated  from  the  New  Orleans  Jesuits 
College  with  degree  of  A.  B..  class  of  '88  ;  appointed  Notary 
Public  in  1905;  established  January  11,  1890  and  has  since 
been  continually  editor  and  publisher  of  St.  Bernard  Voice. 
President  Louisiana  State  Press  Association.  1913  ;  member 
Catholic  Knights  of  America.  W.  O.  W..  B.  P.  O.  E.,  and  has 
served  his  native  State  for  two  terms  in  the  Legislature,  ses- 
sion of  1908  and  re-elected  in  1912. 


^L  '1^ 

HUGUES  JULES  de  la  VERGNE,  Lawyer.  Soldier. 
Newspaperman,  born  New  Orleans.  La..  July  1.  lSt»7  :  graduate 
Jesuit  College  class  1SS5  with  degree  of  B.  A.  and  in  1SS7  his 
Alma  Mater  conferred  degree  of  A.  M.  and  in  189:J  degree  of 
Ph.  B.  Graduate  of  Tulane  Law  School,  degree  of  LL.  B..  1893. 
.\ppointed  aide-de-camp  with  rank  of  Major  on  stall'  of  Gov- 
ernor Blanchard  July,  1904,  promoted  to  Lieut. -Colonel  March 
12.  1905;  commissioned  Colonel  and  aide-de-camp  on  staff  of 
Gov.  L.  E.  Hall  March  10,  1916;  member  of  Boston,  Strat- 
ford and  Gymnastic  Clubs,  also  member  of  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Owner 
and  proprietor  of  New  Orleans  Bee. 


WM.  W.  HEARD,  Assi.~tant  U.  S.  Treasurer.  New- 
Orleans  has  given  much  of  his  time  and  labor  to  his  native 
State-  serving  as  lleputv  Clerk  of  Vnion  Parish  Court  for  15 
years'  was  elected  Representative,  later  elected  to  the  State 
Senate  and  was  subsequently  chosen  State  Auditor ;  elected 
Governor  of  Louisiana  in  1900.  and  appointed  Assistant  Treas- 
urer by  President  Wilson  in  March.  1915.  Was  Vice-President 
State  National  Bank,  an  active  churchman  and  Vice-President 
Southern  Baptist  Convention.  President  Baptist  State  Conven- 
tion and  Vice-President  for  Louisiana  for  Jefferson  Monument 
Association. 


57 


HENRY  C.  WHITEMAN,  of  the  firm  of  Whiteinaii 
Uros.  born  at  Uayou  Sara,  La.  In  the  year  1867.  after  leav- 
ing school  beiame  associated  with  B.  D.  Wood  &  Sons,  and 
after  being  with  that  concern  for  some  ten  years  became 
connected  with  .Tung  &  Sons  Coal  Company,  leaving  the 
latter  company  to  go  with  West  Kentucky  Coal  Company 
and  subsequently  engaged  in  business  for  himself,  form- 
ing a  partnership  with  his  brother  and  doing  business  under 
the  name  of  Whiteman  Bros,  Mr.  Whiteman  married  Miss 
Mary  Olive  Wailes  April  18.  1S92,  and  from  this  marriage 
there  are  four  children,   Mary,  George,  Beryl  and  Olive. 


ALBERT  WARREN  WHITEMAN,  of  Whitcina]]  liros.. 
was  born  at  llayou  Sara,  La.  June  27,  1S77,  and  after  an 
eduiation  in  the  public  schools,  on  leaving  school,  became 
associated  with  B.  D.  Wood  ii  Sons,  being  connected  with  that 
concern  for  seven  years,  then  going  with  .Jung  &  Sons  and 
was  with  that  Company  for  some  seven  years,  and  forming 
a  partnership  with  his  brother  in  1905,  under  the  name  of 
Whiteman  Bros,  has  been  engaged  in  towing  and  contract- 
ing since  that  date.  Captain  Wliiteman  is  an  Elk  and  a 
Mason  and  married  June  27,  1900,  Miss  Netta  Louisa 
Davis  of  Ascension  Parish,  and  from  this  marriage  there 
are  five  children.  Aline,  Irma,  Warren.  Willie  Porter  and 
Ruby    May    Whiteman. 


JAMES  JOSEPH  ALCEE  FORTIER,  born  .luly  15. 
1S90,  son  of  Alccc  Korti.r  and  Marie  Lanauze  ;  graduate  of 
Arts  and  Science  liepartnieiit  Tulanc  i:niversity  in  1909,  A. 
B.  degree:  Tulane  Caw  School  1912,  L.  L.  B.  :  member  Louisi- 
ana House  of  Representatives,  Sixth  Representative  District, 
Parish  of  Orleans.  Practicing  law  under  the  name  of  Mene- 
fee   &    Fortier.      .Married   to    Marie    Rose   Gelpi,    Sept.    2.    1913. 

Member  of  Phi  Theta  Fraternity  :  The  Legal  Fraternity 
of  Phi  Delta  Phi:  Athenee  Louisianais ;  Louisiana  Historical 
Society;  Public  School  Alliance;  L'Union  Francaise  ;  Tulane 
Alumni  Ass'n  ;  St.  Vincent  de  Paul  Society  ;  New  Orleans 
Press  Club  :  Choctaw  Club  :  Lyceum  Association  ;  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  ;  Benevolent  Knights  of  America  ; 
Pickwick  Club   and  the   Louisiana    Bar  Association. 


WILLIAM  S,  HOLMES,  of  the  Conservation  Commission 
of  Louisiana,  born  April  10,  1873,  in  Ouachita  Parish,  La„ 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  his  native  Parish,  and 
is  a  graduate  of  Southwestern  Presbyterian  University,  Clarks- 
ville,  Tenn.,  and  of  Louisiana  State  University ;  was  elected 
District  Attorney  tor  Madison  and  East  Carroll  Parishes  in 
1894  and  served  a  full  term.  Is  a  member  of  Knights  of 
Pythias,  Woodmen  of  the  World,  Elks,  is  a  Mason  and  belongs 
to  his  college  fraternity   Sigma  Nu. 


JAMES  W.  REYNOLDS,  Superlnttndcnt  ami  head  of  the 
Police  Department,  City  of  .New  Orleans,  born  in  Algiers,  La- 
August  29,  ISKS.  is  a  son  of  James  and  Rose  (Carroll)  Rey- 
nolds. Became  identified  with  the  Poliee  Department  of  New 
Orleans  in  an  humble  capacity  in  September.  1S9:^,  continu- 
ously climbing  the  ladder  until  he  is  now  the  head  of  that 
Department;  is  a  member  of  Knights  of  Columbus,  A.  O.  U. 
W.,  \V.  O.  W.,  B.  P.  O.  E.,  Police  Benevolent  Association  and 
Press  Club  of  New  Orleans. 


PORTEUS  RICHARD  BURKE,  Lawyer,  of  New  Iheria. 
received  an  acariiinic  education  al  Georgetown  and  Tulane  and 
is  a  graduate  of  the  Law  School  of  Tulane.  class  of  1897. 
Has  been  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  his  native  Parish  and 
State  for  several  years  and  is  a  man  of  sterling  worth  and 
integrity.  Served  in  Legislature  1900-04.  Was  married  to 
Miss  Mabel  Hine  on  the  8th  of  March,  1900,  at  New  Iberia, 
and  from  this  issue  there  is  one  child,  Nina,  age  fourteen 
years. 


GEORGE  GOODELL  EARL,  son  of  Holmes  and  Annie 
(Taylor)  Earl  ;  educated  in  Freehold  Institute,  Freehold.  N. 
.1..  receiving  technical  education  in  civil  engineering  at  the 
LaFayette  College  of  Easton.  Pa.  Became  associated  with  the 
Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad  for  about  two  years, 
going  then  to  Montgomery.  Ala.,  as  Assistant  Engineer:  later 
formed  a  partnership  with  Capt.  J.  W.  Williams.  Was  City 
Engineer  for  the  city  of  Aiiiericus,  Ga..  and  in  1892  became 
identified  with  the  Sewerage  &  Water  Board  of  New  Orleans. 
La.,  was  appointed  Superintendent  of  that  important  Depart- 
ment, which  position  he  now  holds. 


JAMES  FRANKLIN  TURNBULL,  Realty  Developer, 
born  November  2,  1S89  ;  was  educated  in  his  native  Parish  of 
Orleans.  Was  connected  with  the  Leon  Oodchaux  Co.,  Ltd. 
later  becoming  associated  with  N.  J.  Clesi  in  the  real  estate 
business  Was  with  the  Texas  Oil  Company  during  1913  and 
191-J.  afterwards  organizing  the  Arm  of  Kuntz  &  Turnbull, 
shortly  afterwards  disposing  of  his  interest  in  that  firm  to 
enter  the  firm  of  Turnbull  i-  Heap.  Dissolved  partnership 
July  1,  1915,  and  entered  realty  field  alone,  specializing  in 
Jefferson  and  St.  Charles  Parishes  development. 


59 


GENERAL  SALVADOR  ALVARADO.  (iuvtrnor  ot  Yucatan.  Mexiio.  whoi>e  di.slin- 
tinguished  representatives  found  in  New  Orleans  the  friendly  co-operation  necessary  to  enable 
Yutatan  to  throw  off  the  yoke  of  the  old  heuequeu  monopoiy 


60 


FRIENDLY  CO-OPERATION   SECURES 
YUCATAN'S    BIG   HENEOUEN    TRADE 

An  important  ituiii  in  tin-  fipicign  coinniercc-  of  ilu-  |i,,rt  of  Xcw  (  Jrlcans  is  the  importation  of  liene- 
iliKMi,  or  sisal  lieni|i.  from  \'iKatan.  Of  a  total  production  of  about  I, (10(1, ()()()  bales,  valued  at  approximately 
.$:J3,()00,()0().  nearly  .ill  of  which  is  consumed  in  the  United  States  in  the  manufacture  of  binder  twine,  about 
75  per  cent,  comes  llirouKh  ibis  imrt.  'I'he  tonnage  is  sufficient  to  KJve  two  l..">()()-toii  vessels  full  cargoes 
each  week  in  the  \e.ii-.  .\ot  oidy  is  ihc  bulk  of  Yucatan's  henei|uen  crop  imported  through  New  Orleans, 
but  arrangements  have  been  made  for  storing  large  quantities  of  hene<|uen  here  in  order  that  the  selling 
organization  <jf  llie  growers  may  be  able  to  meet  promptly  the  demands  of  the  manufacturers  for  the  raw 
prochu't. 

The  administration  of  Governor  .Mvarado  in  Yucatan  has  accomplished  numerous  reforms  beneficial 
to  the  i>eople  of  that  state,  but  none.  i)erhai)S,  was  so  far  reaching  in  its  immediate  material  l)enelits  as  the 
elimination  of  the  old  henequen  monopoly  and  the  inauguration  of  a  marketing  system  which  assures  to 
the  farmer  an  equitable  price  for  his  product  and  the  saving  of  nnllions  of  dollars  annually  which  heretofore 
Howed  into  the  pockets  of  middlemen.  ^'et,  in  the  achievement  of  this  much-desired  result,  the  govern- 
ment encountered  obstacles  greater  than  tliose  which  it  had  to  overcc.ime  in  any  other  line  of  its  endeavors 
for  the  moral,  social  and  economic  uplift  of  the  state  and  peojjle.  ft  was  necessary  to  oppose  energetic- 
ally tile  International  Harvester  Company,  one  of  the  largest  capitalistic  combinations  in  the  United  States. 
and  another  big  Eastern  corporation,  the  Plymouth  Cordage  Company,  of  .Massachusett>.  Together  these 
two  American  corporations  controlled  about  82  per  cent,  cjf  the  entire  henequen  production  of  Yucatan. 
Representatives  of  these  two  corporations  made  loans  to  tlie  henei|uen  growers  at  exorbitant  rates  of 
interest  and  under  mortgage  contracts  which  stiinilated  that  the  crop  .>f  the  borrower  should  be  deliv- 
ered to  them.  Prices  paid  the  farmer  had  been  gradually  depressed,  arbitr.-irily,  until  the  farmer  was  get- 
ting about  syi  cents  per  iiound  for  material  which,  when  manufactured  into  twine  by  a  simple  ;ind  cheaj) 
process,   sold   to   the    .American    farmer   at   TI'j    to   II    cents   per   pound. 

Even  the  transportation  facilities  from  Yucatan  were  largely  controlled  by  the  same  men  who  con- 
trolled the  market  price  of  henequen.  The  bulk  of  the  henequen  crop  was  shii)i)cd  on  vessels  which  operated 
under  the  name  of  Avelino  Montes,  a  millionaire  Spaniard  and  the  Yucatan  representative  of  the  Interna- 
tional Harvester  Company;  likewise,  most  of  the  food,  clothing  and  other  articles  imported  by  tlie  planters 
or  merchants  of  Yucatan  had  to  be  shipped  on  the  vessels   which   Avelino   Montes   ojierated. 

lOncouraged  by  the  goxernment,  the  heueciuen  growers  of  \'ucatan  formed  a  mutual  benefit  association 
and  agreed  to  use  as  a  selling  agent  for  their  products  the  Comision  Reguladora  del  Mercado  de  Henequen, 
a  public  institution  organized  for  the  protection  of  the  henequen  interests  of  the  state  and  operating  under 
the  direct  supervision  of  the  Governor  and  a  board  of  directors  appointed  by  him.  In  turn,  the  Comision 
Reguladora  undertook  to  regulate  the  price  of  henequen  in  accordance  with  the  law  of  supply  and  demand, 
thus  stabilizing  the  market,  and  to  arrange  for  direct  dealing  with  the  manufacturers  so  as  to  divert  to  the 
farmers  the  money  which  had  been  going  into  the  pockets  of  the  unnecessary  middlemen.  In  other  words 
it  was  planned  to  guarantee  to  the  farmer  the  true  market  value  of  his  product  in  the  United  States,  less 
the  cost  of  transportation   and   necessary  incidental   expenses. 

Governor  .Alvarado  commissioned  Dr.  Victor  A.  Rendon,  formerly  Secretary  of  State  of  Yucatan,  and 
Senor  Julia  Rendon  to  proceed  to  the  United  States  and  make  the  t'lnancial  arrangements  necessary  for  the 
success  of  the  marketing  system,  to  negotiate  for  the  establishment  of  an  iiulependent  steamship  service 
from  Progreso  and  to  open  offices  in  the  United  States  to  facilitate  direct  dealing  with  the  manufacturers. 
These  gentlemen,  both  of  whom  were  widely  popular  in'  Yucatan,  were  chosen  for  this  important  mission 
because  of  tlieir  integrity,  tact  and  business  e.xperience.  Their  labors  were  crowned  with  the  greatest 
possible  success  and  the  commendations  of  their  work  by  American  financiers  and  business  men,  as  well  as 
by  the  press,  show  that  they  are  justly  entitled  to  share  with  Yucatan's  distinguished  Governor  the  credit 
for  the  perfection  i>f  a  marketing  system  which  is  wortliy  to  lie  regarded  as  an  object  lesson  for  .\merican 
farmers. 

By  the  terms  of  the  loan  agreement  made  between  the  Comision  Reguladora  del  Mercado  de  Hene- 
quen and  Messrs.  Sol  Wexler  and  Lynn  H.  JMnkins,  New  Orleans  bankers,  and  organizers  of  the  Tropical 
Commission  Company,  the  latter  will  advance  a  maximum  sum  of  $10,000,000,  at  a  low  rate  of  interest,  on 
warehouse   receipts   covering  henequen   stored   at    New   Orleans  or  other  United  States  ports. 

Independent  steamship  service  was  secured,  the  Caribbean  &  Southern  Steamship  Company  having  al- 
ready placed  four  steamers  in  freight  service  between  New  Orleans  and  Progreso.  That  company  also 
will  add  up-to-date  passenger  accommodations  at  an  early  date. 

Dr.  Victor  .\.  Rendon,  general  attorney  for  the  Comision  Reguladora  del  Mercado  de  Henequen,  main- 
tains offices  in  New  York.  .Arrangements  also  have  been  made  for  the  opening  of  offices  of  the  Comision 
in  New  (Jrleans. 


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LIEUT.-COL.  THOS.  J.    LEWIS— Continued  from   page  42 

Kirst  Litnit.,  2d  Cavalry,  -'uly  2*i,  ISSO.  Mar.  2S  to  May. 
1889.  and  .May  2:^-3U,  18Si»,  lo  .lutie.  1890;  at.  Fori  Lowell, 
Ariz  .luiio  to  Sept.,  1890  ;  .lellerson  Marracks,  Mo.,  Sept., 
1890  to  Oct.,  1892;  Fort  Wiiigalt'.  N.  M..  from  Oct.  28.  1892 
to  Oct.  11.  1894,  commanding  Navajo  Indian  Troop  L.  2d 
Cavalry.  Fort  Uiley,  Kan.,  from  Oct.  14,  1892  to  April  19, 
1898. 

Captain  of  Cavalry.  2d  Cavalry,  .Jnne  i:^.  1897.  Served 
In  Spanish-American  War  in  command  of  Troop  A.  2  Cavalry. 
Cliit'kamauga  Park,  Ga.,  Ai)ril  2'A  to  May  11,  1898:  Mobile, 
Ala..  Ilh  Corps.  May  l.X  to  .lunc  4,  1.S9S  ;  Tampa  Hay.  Fla., 
.')lh  Corps,  .lune  C,  1898;  left  Tampa  Bay  with  5th  Corps, 
fi\  route  to  Cuba,  on  Transport  Stillwater;  disembarked  at 
Daiquiri.  Cuba,  .June  2.'^,  1898;  same  date  to  Sibnney  ;  re- 
turned to  Daiquiri,  .hine  24;  Scvilla,  .June  25;  partic-ipated 
In  battles  around  Santiago,  .July  1,  2  and  'A.  On  mounted 
service  of  various  kinds  connected  with  llead(iuarters,  5tli 
Corps.  Commaded  esrorf'to  receive  surrender  of  interior  gar- 
risons, July  19  to  Aug.  Hj.  At  EI  Cristo.  .Moron.  Dos  Cami- 
nos,  San  Luis,  Palma  Soriano.  Kmbarked  for  Montauk  Point. 
Aug.  24,  arriving  Sept.  SO.  Huntsville,  .\hi.,  Nov.  3.  I.SDN  to 
Feb.  1.  1S99.  .Mantanzas,  Cuba,  commanding  scjuadron  ron- 
sLsting  of  troops  A,  F  and  G.  from  Feb.  1.  1899  to  .lune.  1899  ; 
eomnumding  Troop  A,  2d  Cavalry,  at  Mantanzas,  Cuba,  to  Feb., 

1900  :    Regimental    Adjutant    to    Nov.    1903  ;    left    Cuba.    Jan.. 

1901  :  at  Fort  Myer,  Va.,  to  Nov.,  1903  ;  General  Recruiting 
Service,    to    Nov.,    1905. 

Major  of  Cavalry,  13th  Cavalry.  April  22.  1905.  At  Fort 
Kiley.  Kan,,  commanding  1st  Squadron.  13th  Cavalry,  Jan.  9. 
1906  to  July  2(:.  1907;  Inspecting  Militia,  Kan..  April  1  to  IG, 
19UIJ;  member  of  the  Cavalry  Board.  190(j,  to  July  2(j,  1907; 
member  of  Cavalry  Kxaniining  Board.  Aug..  190()  to  July  20, 
1909;  commanded  march,  1st  Squadron,  1.3th  Cavalry,  from 
Fort  Riley.  Kan.  to  Fort  Sheridan,  111.,  July  27,  1907  to  Sept. 
ti,  1907;  at  Fort  Sheridan,  111.,  commanding  1st  Squadron. 
13th  Cavalry  ;  inspecting  Militia,  Illinois,  Mar.  2  to  April  '.'. 
1908.  Commanding  Officer,  Ft.  Sheridan.  III..  July.  1908  to 
March  29,  1909;  Phillipine  Islands,  April,  1909  to  Mar..  1911  ; 
commanding  1st  Squadron,  13th  Cavalry.  Lieut-Colonel,  Mar. 
11,  1911.  Adjutant  General,  Feb.  29,  1912;  unassigned  June 
10,   1913.      Retired   Dec.    1.   1913. 

Served  in  the  Phillipines.  commanding  the  3rd  Squadron. 
13th  Cavalry,  in  various  stations  in  the  Phillipines  until  Mar., 
1911.  being  then  assigned  to  Ft.  Riley.  Kan.,  as  Lieut-Colonel 
of  the  l.'Uh  Cavalry,  leaving  there  in  Mar..  1913.  on  being 
assigned  to  Department  of  the  Lakes  at  St.  Paul,  rank  of  Adj. 
General  and  subsequently  serving  as  Adjutant  Southern  Divis- 
ion and  Adjutant  First  Cavalry  Division  at  Ft.  Sam  Houston 
at  San  Antonio,  when  he  was  retired  from  active  service  Dec. 
1,  1913,  for  disability  incident  to  the  service.  Has  been  in 
charge  of  the  recruiting  service  at  New  Orleans  since  Aug. 
(!.    1914. 

Was  married  in  New  York  City,  July  29.  18S0,  to  Miss 
Emma  Rising,  now  deceased,  and  from  this  union  there  are 
two    ihildrcTi,    Li  cut      Con  verse    H.    anrl    Fni'ietta     Lewis. 

WILLIAM     B.    THOMPSON— Continued    from    page    49 

road  of  New  Orleans  ;  is  Vice-President  of  the  Pan-American 
Life  Insurance  Co.,  and  a  Director  of  Mechanics  &  Traders 
Insurance  Co^  Served  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Commi-;- 
sioners  of  the  Port  of  New  Orleans  and  in  December,  1912, 
was  selected  as  one  of  the  members  of  the  first  Commission 
form  of  government  for  the  City  of  New  Orleans,  being  named 
Commissioner  of   Public   Utilities. 

Is  a  member  of  the  Boston,  Pickwick.  Chess,  Checkers 
and  WTiist  Clubs.  The  Country  Club,  the  Press  Club  and 
Yacht  Club,  and  a  B.  P.  O.  E.,  and  member  of  Cotton  Exchange 
and  Association  of  Commerce  and  Board  of  Trade.  Is  recog- 
nized in  New  Orleans  as  a  healthily  active  public  citizen  and 
man  of  affairs. 

SENATOR   JOS.    E.    R  A  NSDE  LL— Continued   from   page   50 

Idtnt  of  the  National  Rivers  and  Harbors  Congress  since  De- 
cember. 1900,  being  especially  active  in  all  legislation  relating 
to  the  improvement  of  waterways  for  purposes  of  transpor- 
tation, and  also  for  the  control  and  prevention  of  floods  in  the 
Mississippi  Valley.  In  January  of  1912.  further  favors  were 
showered  on  the  energetic  Congressman  when  he  w^as  nomi- 
nated for  United  States  Senator,  January  23.  1912.  being 
subsequently  elected  by  the  Legislature  of  Louisiana  to  suc- 
ceed Honorable  Murphy  J.  Foster,  taking  his  seat  March,  4, 
1913, 

Senator  Ransdell  is  an  indefatigable  worker  for  his  party  ; 
takes  an  active  part  in  all  legislation  affecting  Louisiana  and 
the  South,  especially  Agriculture  and  Health  ;  and  guards  zeal- 
ously every  interest  of  his  people  in  the  upper  branch  of  Con- 
gress. 

Senator  Ransdell  was  married  November  15,  1885,  to  Miss 
Olive  Irene  Powell,  of  Lake  Providence,  La.,  they  having  no 
children. 

Mrs.  Ransdell  is  a  lineal  descendant  of  General  Evan 
Shelby,  one  of  the  heroes  of  the  Revolutionary  war.  She  is 
deeply  interested  in  the  patriotic  work  ot  the  National  Society 
of  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  of  which  organiza- 
tion she  has  been  Treasurer  General  for  the  past  three  years. 

ANDREW    BRADFORD    BOOTH— Continued  from   page   50 

successfully  handled  the  three  camps,  three  hospitals,  three 
detachments  National  Guard,  and  flotilla  of  boats.  Vicksburg. 
Miss.,  Millikins  and  Wilton.  La.,  taking  care  of  3.800  negro 
refugees,  He  was  Adjutant  General  and  Handled  the  great 
Confederate  Parade  reunion  in  New  Orleans  in  1903.  and 
was  Commander  Louisiana  Division  U.  C.  V..  19ii5.  and  now 
takes  active   interest  in   business  and  public  affairs. 


ISAAC    MONROE    CLI NE— Continued   from    page   54 

Medical  Association.  Texas  Academy  of  Silence,  American 
Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Scrienee,  American  For- 
estry Association.  Louisiana  Historical  Society,  and  in  1914 
was  seloeted  a  member  of  the  National  Institute  of  Social 
Siitni-es.  Author  of  many  published  papers  bearing  on  the 
climate  of  the  southwest  in  its  relations  to  agriculture  and 
health.  Of  especial  note  are  his  contributions  on  "Summer 
Hot  Winds  on  the  Great  Plains  (  U.  S.  A.)"  and  the  ■■Climatic 
Causation  of  Disease  with  Chart  showing  the  Pathological 
Distribution  of  Climate  in  the  United  States."  Dr.  Cline's 
hobby  is  art  and  he  lias  a  superb  collection  of  paintings  and 
an  unusually  fine  collection  of  more  than  100  oriental  bronzes 
some   of   which    arc   inor<'   than    2,OiiO    years   old. 


WILLIAM  A.  McGILVRAY.  State  Labor  Commissioner, 
pern  liar  I  >■  titled  for  tlif  (idin-  wliich  he  holds,  has  long  been 
identitif  d  wil  h  the  worker  and  wage-earners  of  New  Orleans 
and  because  of  his  activities  in  behalf  of  union  labor  was 
elected  State  Labor  Commissioner  against  a  large  field  of 
candidates,  and  since  his  assumption  of  that  office  has  been 
instrumental  in  fori  ing  operators  into  providing  sanitary 
accommodations  for  their  army  of  employees  and  in  cleaning 
up  the  Chinese  laundries  of  the  city,  being  responsible  for 
the  creation  of  a  stringent  city  ordinance  which  worked  a 
revolution  in  all  of  the  laundries  of  the  city.  Chinese  and 
steam  laundries  alike.  He  is  the  right  man  in  the  right 
place   and    looks   well    after  the   duties   of   liis  office. 

ROBT.  P.  COLLINS,  born  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  Novem- 
ber 5,  1 SS3  ;  immigrated  to  the  United  States  in  1904  and 
was  first  connected  with  the  Standard  Oil  Company,  subse- 
quently going  with  the  J.  I.  Case  Thrashing  Machine  Co.. 
at  Fargo,  N.  D.,  and  engaging  in  the  land  business  at  Fargo. 
Coming  to  New  Orleans  in  1914,  Mr.  Collins  became  identified 
with  the  Intertype  Corporation  and  is  or-'  or  the  promising 
young  business  men  of  the  city.  Married  in  1910.  Miss 
.Johanna  Schill  and  from  this  marriage  there  are  three  chil- 
dren,    Bruce.     Richard    and    William. 


THE  DAN  W.  FEITEL  BAG  COMPANY  is  one  of  the 
chief  industries  of  the  city,  supplying  Hit-  trade  in  bags, 
burlaps  and  twine,  and  shipping  their  products  all  over  the 
South.  Mr.  Dan  W.  Feitel  is  President  of  the  Company  and 
is  one  of  the  solid  business  men  of  the  city.  The  stroe  room 
and  warehouse  of  the  Company  is  located  at  Claiborne  and 
Erato    Streets. 


EDGAR  A.  CHRISTY.  Architect,  born  in  New  Orleans. 
La.,  September  5.  t.S.SO,  educated  in  the  common  schools  of 
New  Orleans.  After  leaving  school.  Mr.  Christy  entered  the 
employ  of  Harold,  An  dry  ,*i  Bendernagel,  of  New  Orleans, 
being  with  that  well-known  architectural  firm  for  two  year.s, 
later  being  in  service  of  United  States  Government  for  one 
year,  then  went  into  the  mechanical  engineering  field,  up  to 
1904.  then  became  identified  with  the  building  division  of 
the  Engineering  Department  of  the  city  of  New  Orleans,  and 
has  since  been  continuously  connected  with  that  Department, 
being  now  the  Chief  Architect.  Is  a  member  of  local  chapter 
American    Institute    of    Architects. 

HOWELL  MORGAN.  Assistant  Supervisor  of  Public 
Accounts,  was  born  in  East  Feliciana  Parish,  La.,  June  1, 
1863.  Studied  law  under  Thos.  Campbell,  of  Longview.  Tex., 
returning  to  Charleston  for  a  stay  of  two  years  and  then 
going  to  New  Orleans.  Appointed  to  the  Indian  Service  in 
1894  and  served  in  South  Dakota.  Nebraska,  Oklahoma,  and 
Minnesota  ;  Cashier  Bank  of  Zachary.  SacTiary.  i^a.,  for  six 
years,  subsequently  receiving  appointment  August  15,  1912. 
as  Assistant  Supervisor  of  Public  Accounts  for  Louisiana,  and 
is  now  serving  in  that  capacity.  Member  Sons  of  Revolution, 
Society  of  Washington.  D.  C,  and  a  Knight  Templar.  Mar- 
ried Miss  Thisba  Hutson  July  3.  1895.  and  from  this  union 
there  are  four  children,  Cecil.  Mildred.  Thomas  Gibbes  and 
Howell   Morgan. 


H.  J.  CARTER.  Attorney  and  Clerk  U.  S.  District  Court. 
New  Orleans,  La.,  a  graduate  of  the  law  department  Tulane 
University,  was  born  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  April  1st.  ISOl. 
Appointed  a  deputy  clerk  of  U.  S.  Courts  in  18SS,  he  was 
subsequently  named  Clerk  of  that  Court  in  1902.  serving  in 
that  capacity  to  date.  In  the  social  world  of  New  Orleans, 
Mr.  Carter  is  a  member  of  the  Chess,  Checkers  and  Whist 
Club  :  is  also  a  member  of  the  American  Bar  Association  and 
of  St.  Andrew's  Brotherhood.  Is  an  affable  man  of  affairs 
and  well  and  favorably  known  among  the  bench  and  bar 
throughout    the   State. 


62 


ROBERT    HENRY    DOWN  MAN 

Conspicuous  aniunK  tlic  lii^  fiKurcs  of  the  lunilu-r  industiy  of  the  United  States  is  Robert  Henry 
Dovvnman  of  New  Orleans,  I'resident  of  tlie  National  Luml)er  Manufacturers'  Association,  and  tlie  head  of 
half  a  dipzcn   l.irj^e   lumber  concerns  in    I.Duisiaua  and   South    Carolina. 

Mr.  Downinan  was  born  in  I'auiinier  County,  Virginia,  l-'ebruary  27,  1801.  He  was  educated  at  the 
W'arrenton    .\caileniy    and    the    Virginia    I'olytechnic    Institute. 

.Mr,  Downnian  left  liis  native  state  in  1879  and  settled  in  Te.xas,  which  state's  natural  resources  were 
beRinnin)'  to  attract  the  attention  of  the  country.  Tfe  entered  the  retail  drug  business  in  which  he  continued 
f(ir   fcjur   years,    wlien    In-    went    inli)    the    wli'ilesale    branch    uf    the    trade. 

In  I.sss,  Mr.  I  )o\vnnian  married  the  daujiliter  i.f  \\illia)ii  C;imeron  of  Waco,  Texas,  one  of  the  big 
hnnbernien  of  the    I. one  .St.ir  Stale. 

'l"he  following  list  of  the  enter|)rises  of  which  Mr.  Downnian  is  tlie  head  reads  like  a  page  from  an 
industrial   directory,   but   nevertheless   is    a    fine   tribute   to   Mr.   Downman's   genius   of  organization: 

Jeanerette   Lumber  and  .Sliinyle  Comiiany.   Limited,   Jeanerette,   La. 

Rovvie  Lumber  Company. 

The   Iberi;i   Cypress   Coni|)any,   Limited. 

W'hitec.astle     Lumber    and    Shingle    C<nnpany,    I..iniited. 

Des  .-Mlemand   Lumber  and  .Shingle  Company. 

Hi.g  Salakatchie   Cypress   Company.   Varnville.  S.   C. 

Ill.ick    River   Cypress    Company,   Sardinia,   S.   C. 

.\s  president  of  the  National  Lumber  Manufacturers'  Association.  Mr,  Downinan  has  taken  an  active 
part  in  obtaining  desirable  legislation  for  the  protection  of  the  himber  industry  of  this  country.  Mr.  Down- 
man  has  also  taken  a  \ery  lively  ]iart  in  eriucating  the  peol)lc  of  this  country  tn  the  usefulness  uf  lumber  as 
a  building  material  and  in  the  makin.g  ni  iiavements. 

Mr.  Downnian  is  also  one  of  the  leading  figures  in  the  vast  scheme  of  reclamation  which  is  com- 
manding the  attention  (if  many  states  and  Louisiana  in   particular. 

Mr.  Downnian  is  .a  real  captain  of  industry.  When  he  started  out  in  llie  luml)er  business  he  invested 
big  capital  and  was  in  position  to  start  at  the  top.  He  investigated  and  studied  lumber  from  the  time  it 
stands  in  the  forest  until  it  is  turned  out  a  finished  product  by  the  mills.  In  the  lumber  world,  Mr.  Down- 
man  is  to-day  accounted  the  greatest  authority  on  cypress  in  the  United  States,  whicli  of  course  means  the 
world. 

-Mr.  Downnian  has  cnntribnled  generously  to  varicms  movements  in  New  Orleans  where  civic  better- 
ment was  involved,  but  he  has  never  been  in  politics.  He  votes  for  his  choice  for  various  offices  and  that 
ends  his  activities  in  that  direction.  "I  have  never  held  a  public  office  and  1  don't  want  any."  he  is  quoted 
as   Iiavin.g   told    friends. 

Devoted  as  he  is  to  his  business.  Mr.  Downnian  has  always  found  time  to  mingle  socially  with  his 
kind,  lie  is  a  member  of  the  Boston  and  Country  Clubs,  of  New  Orleans,  and  nf  the  ^■|lUIlg  Men's 
tiyninastic    Club    of    the    same    city. 


BROOKS-SCANLON    LUMBER    CO. 


One  nf  the  iinpcirt.nil  iniliislrifs  ..f  I  .,,uisian.i  i>,  that  i>f  tlie  Hrooks-Scanlon  Lumber  Company, 
located  at  KentwiMul,  l,a.  This  Company  is  known  as  one  of  the  largest  shippers  in  the  South  and  with  its 
plant  at  Kentwood  turns  out  yearly  a  hundred  and  twenty-five  million  feet  of  long  leaf  and  yellow  pine 
lumber.  The  Company  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land  in  I'.ior,  and  erected  two  complete  saw  mills  and  have 
been  oi)eratinK  since  that  date  on  a  large  scale,  being  recngnizcd  now  as  one  of  the  principal  lumber  dealers 
in  the  South.  Through  the  effiMts  of  I'resideul  Scanl-ui  lliis  Company  has  rendered  a  distinct  service  to 
the  State  and  to  Kentwood  and  its  contiguous  lerritory  in  developing  and  placing  their  cut-over  lands  and 
inducing  colonists  to  adopt  that  section  as  thiir  future  home.  Tlie  Company  makes  a  specialty  of  high- 
grade  planing  mill  work,  railroad  timber,  ties,  decking  .lud  export  schedules,  and  because  of  their  splendid 
railroad  facilities  are  enabled  to  make  prompt  delivery  (ui  all  orders.  The  officers  of  the  Company  are  M. 
J.  Scanlon,  I'resident,  A.  B.  Brooks,  Vice- ('resident.  S.  D.  Brooks,  Treasurer.  P.  A.  Brooks,  Secretary  and 
J.  S.  Foley,  General  Manager.  It  is  tlirough  the  energies  of  the  latter  named  gentleman  that  has  made  pos- 
sible the  rapid  development  of  Kentwood  and  ccuitiguous  territory  and  the  universal  popularity  of  the 
Brooks-Scanlon  Conii)any:  for  it  was  during  the  dull  season  that  this  Company,  having  a  due  regard  for 
the  welfare  of  their  employees,  and  at  considerable  expense  operated  their  mills  on  full  time  and  paid  all 
employees   full    wages. 


M.    JOSEPH     SCANLON 


M.  Jcisepli  Scanlon,  I'resident  of  Brooks-Scanlon  Lumber  Company,  Kentwood,  La.,  a  native  of  Wis- 
consin. .After  studying  law  at  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  subsequently  started  in  the  lumber  business  at 
Omaha.  Neb,,  and  in  1889  became  identified  with  the  Newcomb  business,  later  coming  to  Louisiana  and 
being  identified  with  the  Brooks-Scanlon  Lumber  Company,  of  Kentwood,  of  which  he  is  the  President. 
Mr.  Scanlon  is  one  of  the  progressive  men  of  the  State  and  as  the  head  of  the  Brooks-Scanlon  Company  has 
done  much  towards  developing  that  section  of  the  State  contiguous  to  Kentwood.  Is  a  solid  business 
man    of   affairs    and    one    of    the    foremost    men    of    liis- section. 


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AL.  J.  BUJA,  Sole  Proprietor  of  the  J.  P.  Florio  Company,  is  one  of  the  prominent 
business  men  of  the  Crescent  City.  Mr.  Buja  is  a  Mason  and  Shriner.  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  Elks.  Press  Club.  Uruids  and  a  Woodmen  of  the  World.  Worthy  Presi- 
dent of  the  Eagles  and  has  held  many  offices  as  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  &  Protective 
Order  of  Elks.  Is  a  Director  in  the  Hibernia  Homestead  Association  and  of  the  Orleans 
Homestead  Association.  While  taking  an  active  interest  in  his  party's  politics  and  work- 
ing consistently  for  the  cause  of  Regular  Democracy  at  all  times,  Mr.  Buja  has 
always  refused  to  offer  himself  for  office.  Stevedore  for  Texas  Transport  and  Terminal 
Company.  Holland  Amereia  Line,  French  Line  and  Simpson,  Spence  &  Young,  of  New  York 
and  London. 


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FRANK  J.  MANGHAM.  General  Agent  of  the  Federal  Fruit  &  Cold  Storage  C^impany. 
burn  ViiZuu  City,  Mis.s.,  November  11,  ISTtJ,  while  yet  a  young  man,  is  one  of  the  solid 
business  men  of  the  Crescent  City.  Mr.  Mangham  started  out  as  a  public  accountant, 
and  making  a  success  in  that  line  as  he  has  in  others,  and  being  a  live  man  of  affairs, 
has  given  much  of  his  time,  labor  and  brains  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  City  of  New 
Orleans,  and  is  now  regarded  as  one  of  the  solid  business  men  of  the  Queen  City  of  the 
South.  Mr.  Mangham  is  also  very  popular  in  the  fraternal  world,  being  a  Shriner  and 
a  member  of  the  Grand  Consistory  of  Louisiana.  Mr.  Mangham  is  ex- President  of  the 
Louisiana  State  Board  Certified  Public  Accountants,  and  was  married  on  June  1-1.  1906, 
to  Miss  Nancy  Robinson.  From  this  marriage  there  is  one  child.  Carlos,  born  October 
28,   1908. 


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DR.  S.  M.  LYONS,  of  Sulphui'.  was  for  eight  year^  a  member  of  the  Police  Jury,  and 
is  now  Assessor- Elect  of  Caieasieu  Parish.  He  was  born  on  the  CaUasieu  River  below 
Moss  Bluff  in  1S68.  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oscar  Lyons,  pioneer  residents  of  the  parish. 
Of  four  children,  he  is  the  only  one  living.  He  attended  the  public  school  near  Vincent 
settlement,  and  afterwards  attended  the  State  University  at  Baton  Rouge,  from  which  he 
graduated,  class  1SS9.  Later  he  attendel  the  Tulane  Medical  College,  from  which  he  grad- 
uated in  ISnr.  After  his  graduation.  Dr.  Lyons  settled  down  in  the  locality  where  he  was 
born  and  embarked  in  the  practice  of  medicine.  His  efforts  were  attended  with  much  suc- 
cess, and  several  years  later  he  located  in  Sulphur,  shortly  after  the  opening  of  the  cele- 
brated sulphur  mines.  Dr.  Lyons  became  widely  known  on  the  west  side  of  the  River 
through  his  success  in  the  practice  of  medicine,  and  through  his  wide  family  connections. 
In  the  meantime,  he  had  been  married  to  Miss  Delia  Broussard,  member  of  a  prominent 
West   Calcasieu   family. 

Dr.  Lyons  was  elected  to  the  Police  Jury  from  the  Fourth  Ward  in  1908,  and  served 
with  signal  success  for  two  terms,  until  1916,  being  president  of  that  body  for  several 
years.  A  year  ago  he  announced  as  a  candidate  for  assessor,  and  in  the  January  primaries 
cornered  one-third  of  the  total  vote,  with  three  other  candidates  in  the  running.  He  was 
successful   in   the  second  primary   and   will    assume  otftce   next   January.   , 

His  large  vote  in  Lake  Charles  was  in  recognition  of  the  services  he  performed  for  the 
city  while  on  the  Police  Jury.  He  is  in  entire  sympathy  with  the  interests  of  the  city  and 
parish,  and  his  past  record  assures  its  residents  of  continued  and  efficient  service. 


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OCTAVIO  REYES.  Manager  Pan-American  Trading  Co..  Xew  Orleans.  La.,  was  born 
in  Mexico  City  August  24,  1892.  and  after  an  education  obtained  at  the  Faculty  de  Droite. 
of  Paris,  and  the  International  College  at  Geneva.  Switzerland,  Mr.  Reyes  entered  the  news- 
paper field,  being  connected  with  the  Imparcial  at  Mexico  City  for  some  three  years,  then 
with  the  Matin  of  Paris  for  one  year  and  then  with  the  Petite  Garonde  for  some  eighteen 
months,  after  which  he  was  connected  with  various  other  newspapers,  embracing  work 
in  England.  Italy  and  Spain.  Is  a  member  of  the  Southern  Yacht  Club  of  New  Orleans 
and  of  the  Press  Club,  of  the  B.  E.  C.  Club  of  Paris  and  University  Club  of  France  and 
N'autic  Club  of  Spain.  Enjoys  a  wide  acquaintance  and  popularity  In  New  Orleans  and  is 
one  of  the  solid  business  men  of  the  Crescent  City. 


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EDWIN  I.  MAHONEY,  l.awy.-r,  liorn  Scj.leilibiT  l(i. 
18.S;;,  at  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  was  educated  in  the  public 
aud  private  schools  of  New  Orleans  :  attended  Jesuit  College, 
class  of  IflOl  and  graduated  from  Tulane  Law  School,  class 
of  1903;  nieiuber  of  Legislature  from  Ninth  Representative 
District  U>0S-12:  Secretary  to  Court  House  Commission  and 
Superintendent  N.  O.  Court  Buildings;  was  first  man  in  State 
to  introduce  White  Slave  Law  and  also  the  first  one  to  intro- 
duce the  "I'^ull  Crew  Bill'  as  a  member  of  the  Legislature, 
session  of  1908.  John  Mahoney,  father  of  Edwin  I.,  was  one 
of  the  first  professional  baseball  players  in  New  Orleans. 


RUFUS  HENRY  PRADOS,  Manager  Prados  Auto  Com- 
pany, New  Orleans.  La.,  born  at  New  Orleans.  La.,  September 

Going  with  the  Westinghouse  Electric  Company  at  Pitts- 
burg for  one  year  of  practical  experience,  he  then  became 
associated  with  the  lumber  concern  of  Henry  J.  Prados  &  Son. 
at  New  Orleans,  establishing  the  business  of  the  Prados  Auto 
Company  at  141.'?-14].'i  Canal  Street.  New  Orleans.  January  1. 
1915.  This  Company  does  a  large  business  as  distributors  of 
the  Maxwell.  Reo.  Reo  trucks.  Winston  Six  and  Detroit  Pack- 
age Delivery  Automobiles  and  in  handling  tires  and  all  auto- 
mobile accessories. 


THOMAS  W.  GOREAU,  Liiensed  Master  Plumber,  son 
of  Louis  T.  and  Virginia  (Torr)  Goi-eau.  was  born  at  New 
Ur leans.  La..  .Xovt  nibcr  lIi;.  l.STtJ.  Invented  and  patented  in 
ifo-  "  '!'''*^"""t  water  filter;  also  invented  and  patented  in 
IJOi  a  liquid  seal  trap  for  plumbing  aud  has  invented  an 
automatic  water  heater,  patented  in  1916.  The  first  named 
invention  being  recognized  as  a  superior  and  most  useful 
article  of  Its  kind.  Kstablished  his  present  business  in  1903 
and  IS  now  quartered  in  his  own  home  bulldiug  at  751  Caron- 
de  let   Street.   New  Orleans. 

Member  Merchants  &  Manufacturers  Bureau,  the  Asso- 
ciation of  Commerce  and  Press  Club,  the  Elks  and  Grand 
fraternity.  Was  married  November  23,  1899,  at  Galveston 
to  .Miss  Margaret  Marron,  a  native  of  Louisiana,  and  from  this 
union  there  is  one  boy.  Howard,  born  Houston,  Tex,  April 
1.   1901. 


JOHN  DARLING  NIX.  Jr.,  Attorney,  born  at  Denver. 
Col..  September  i.'i.  LS9il.  .\Ir.  Nix  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  New  Orleans,  graduating  from  the  McDonogh  No. 
23  School  in  1904,  and  from  the  Boys'  High  School  in  190", 
later  graduating  from  the  Law  Department  of  Tulane  Univer- 
sity, class  of  1910.  Elected  to  the  Legislature  January  23, 
1911  and  member  of  Constitutional  Convention  of  1913. 
President  Ravenswood  Planting  Company,  Inc..  and  Past  Grand 
Commander  of  Benevolent  Knights  of  America  and  belongs 
to  his  college  fraternity.  Phi  Kappa  Sigma.  Is  regarded  as 
an  expert  on  criminal  law  and  enjoys  a  wide  practice,  and  on 
January  25,  1916,  was  re-nominated  a  member  of  the  next 
Louisiana   State  Legislature. 


74 


CRAWFORD  HATCHER  ELLIS,  Vice-President  United 
(•"ruit  Company,  a  son  of  Thomas  Jefferson  and  Elizabeth 
( Hatcher)  Ellis,  is  one  of  the  solid  business  men  of  the 
Crescent  City.  In  1S93  went  to  Central  America,  being  there 
for  some  four  years,  returning  to  the  States  in  1897.  An 
expert  accountant.  Mr.  Ellis  was  made  auditor  for  the  United 
Fruit  Company,  and  was  made  Manager  of  that  big  Corpo- 
ration in  UM)9.  being  subsequently  elected  a  Director  and 
Vice-i*resident.  Served  on  staff  of  Gov.  Sanders  and  also 
Gov.  Hall  and  is  a  member  of  Sewerage  and  Water  Board  from 
Sixth  District.  In  the  social  life  of  New  Orleans  is  a  member 
of  the  following  clubs:  Boston.  Pickwick,  Southern  Yacht  and 
(Continued   on    page   84) 


WILLIAM  A.  PORTEOUS,  New  Orleans  Manager  for 
the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company,  man  of  affairs  and 
one  of  the  lives  wires  of  the  Crescent  City.  Besides  being 
a  first  class  telegraph  man.  he  is  also  a  graduate  lawyer 
of  the  Tulane  University  and  a  member  of  the  Louisiana   Bar. 

Mr.  Porteous  has  given  much  of  his  time,  labor,  money 
and  brains  in  making  Xew  Orleans  the  Queen  City  of  the 
South.  Mr.  Porteous  is  a  Mason,  an  Elk,  a  Master  Pythian. 
Rotarian  and  a  member  of  the  Transportation  Club  and  Young 
Men's  Gymnastic  Club.  Jovian  Order,  President  of  the  Lake 
View  Improvement  Association.  Association  of  Commerce  and 
Manufacturers'  and  Merchants  Bureau  and  Board  of  Trade. 
(Continued   on   page   84) 


CHARLES  VIRGINIUS  UNSWORTH,  M.  D.,  a  son  of 
HIdward  and  Elizabeth  (Rogers)  Unsworth.  born  New  Orleans, 
La..  December  S.  INTO,  after  graduating  from  the  Boy's  High 
School  in  I8S6.  subsequently  took  a  pharmaceutical  course  at 
Tulane  University,  and  after  passing  an  examination  before 
the  State  Board,  engaged  in  the  drug  business,  first  as  a 
clerk  and  afterwards  for  himself,  being  in  that  business  some 
ten  years,  after  which,  taking  a  course  in  medicine  at  Tulane, 
class  of  ]9u4.  he  begun  the  practice  of  medicine  in  the  citv  of 
New  Orleans.  Married  Miss  Jennie  Grice  of  New  Orleans  in 
(Continued  on  page  84) 


EDGAR  M.  CAHN,  Lawyer,  born  in  Xew  Orleans.  La.. 
June  29.  18i.i5;  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  New  Orleans 
and  the  High  Schools  of  Cincinnati,  and  the  Hebrew  Union 
College  of  Cincinnati,  receiving  his  law  education  at  Tulane 
Law    School,    class    of    '88. 

Eirst  practiced  as  a  partner  of  Moise  &  Cahn.  dissolving 
in  1897.  since  which  time  Mr.  Cahn  has  been  by  himself  in 
the  practice  of  his  chosen  profession  ;  is  member  of  Louisiana 
Ba"r  Association  and  American  Bar  Association  ;  Young  Mens 
Hebrew  Association,  Crescent  Tennis  Club,  member  of  Touro 
(Continued  on   page  84) 


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DAMERON-WHITE    COMPANY,     Ltd. 

Oiu*  of  the  representative  companies  help- 
ing to  boost  New  Orleans  and  to  make  the 
Cresc-ent  City  what  it  is  today,  is  that  of 
the  Danieron-White  Company.  Contractors, 
who  maintain  offices  in  the  Hibernia  liank 
RuildiiiK,  New  Orleans,  and  at  Baton  Kouec. 
La.  Tlu'se  gentlemen,  in  their  bnsincss  of 
building  levees  and  railways,  have  built  up 
an  extensive  business,  doing  levee  work  all 
up  and  down  the  Mississippi  River  from 
Baton  Rouge  to  New  Orleans  and  above 
Baton  Rouge.  The  class  of  work  that  this 
Company  puts  up  is  responsible  for  their 
increasing  business,  which  now  extends  not 
only  over  the  State  of  Louisiana,  but  em- 
braces  work    in   other   Southern    States. 

The  officers  of  the  Company  are  C.  IL 
Dameron.  President;  Mrs.  C.  H.  Dameron. 
Vice-President  ;  C.  I.  Dameron.  Secretary. 
They  are  all  enthusiastic  boosters  for  the 
Crescent  City  and  great  believers  in  the 
future  of   New   Orleans. 


PAN-AMERICAN 

LIFE    INSURANCE    COMPANY 

The  Pan-American  Life  Insurance  Co..  of 
New  Orleans,  La.,  in  its  fourth  annual  report 
ending  December  31.  1915.  shows  a  big  In- 
crease over  the  report  of  1914.  notwithstand- 
ing death  claims  aggregating  some  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  were 
paid ;  while  new  premiums  together  with 
renewals  on  old  premiums  aggregated  more 
than  six  hundred  and  nineteen  thousand  dol- 
lars, the  total  income  for  the  year  being 
more  than  seven  hundred  and  ninety-six 
thousand  dollars.  This  Company,  with  a 
capable  corps  of  officers  and  directors,  is  one 
of  the  most  substantial  in  the  South,  and 
does  business  in  the  States  of  Virginia,  North 
Carolina.  Georgia.  Florida.  Alabama,  Missis- 
sippi. Louisiana,  Texas,  Arkansas,  and  the 
Republics  of  Guatemala.  Salvador.  Spanish 
Honduras.  Nicaragua.  Panama.  Columbia, 
Cuba  and  British  Honduras.  The  Home  Office 
is    at   New    Orleans.    La. 


WATCH     YOURSELF     GO     BY. 
Bt/    At.    G.    Fifhl. 

The  book  written  by  Al.  G.  Field,  "Watch 
Yourself  Go  By"  has  become  one  of  the  best 
sellers  of  the  time.  It  is  a  book  unique  in 
many  particulars,  treating  of  men  and  mat- 
ters, recollections  of  a  busy  life — a  story  of  a 
boy  and  man  that  the  world  has  been  inter- 
ested in  for  nearly  a  half  century.  More 
show  folks  have  read  this  book  than  an.y  pub- 
lished in  years,  not  that  it  deals  entirely 
with  show  life,  in  fact,  aside  from  the 
author's  endeavor  to  enter  the  walks  of  show 
life,  there  is  very  little  directly  pertaining 
to  that  profession  in  the  book.  Its  ramifica- 
tions are  so  varied  that  the  reader  is  inter- 
ested from  the  opening  chapter.  There  is 
home  life  with  homelike  characters,  so  deftly 
drawn  that  their  counterparts  are  met  in  the 
daily  walks  of  life,  hence  the  title  "Watch 
Yourself  Go  By."  and  many  there  be  who 
will  see  themselves  go  by  in  the  various 
characters   in    the   book. 

If  Al.  G.  Field  had  not  contributed  more 
to  the  happiness  of  the  world  than  the  book 
"Watch  Yourself  Go  By."  he  would  be  reim- 
bursed. 


DOULLUT    &    WILLIAMS 

The  firm  of  Doullut  \-  Williams.  Civil  Engineers 
and  General  Contractors,  is  one  of  the  leading  con- 
tracting  and    engineering   firms   of    the    South. 

This  firm  having  a  capital  of  $400,000.00  with 
$200,000.00  invested  in  plant,  specializes  in  river 
and  harbor  work,  dredging,  pile  driving,  wrecking, 
cofferdam  and  caisson  work,  and  operates  a  number 
of  tugs,  barges,  derricks,  dredges  and  pile  drivers, 
composing  the  largest,  most  complete  and  modern 
pile  driving  and  wharf  building  equipment  of  the 
South.  They  employ  a  capable  force  of  engineers, 
and  are  prepared  to  finance,  design,  supervise  and 
construct  the  most  difficult  contracts  on  the  short- 
est notice. 

They  operate  along  the  entire  Gulf  Coast,  Atchaf- 
alaya.  Red  and  Mississippi  Rivers,  and  in  the  har- 
bors of  Mexico.  Within  the  past  seven  years  they 
have  constructed  95*7  of  the  wharves  and  docks,  ex- 
clusive of  Dock  Board  Wharves,  that  have  been 
built  on  the  Mississippi  River-  from  its  mouth  to 
Baton  Rouge.  They  embrace  in  their  clientele,  the 
largest  corporations,  including  the  Standard  Oil 
Company.  American  Sugar  Refinery.  Illinois  Central 
Railroad,  Swift  &  Company,  and  others,  and  have 
done  a  large  amount  of  work  for  the  State  of 
Louisiana  and  the  United  States  Government.  They 
have  now  under  construction,  the  enormous  wharves 
of  the  Public  Grain  Elevator  and  Cotton  Warehouses, 
aggregating  in  cost,  half  a  million  dollars,  and 
among  other  work  they  have  constructed  in  the  past 
few  years,  special  mention  should  be  made  of  the 
docks  for  the  Standard  Oil  Company  at  Baton  Rouge, 
which    are   the    largest    of    their    kind    in    the    world. 

This  firm  has  at  all  times  for  sale  or  charter, 
tugs,    barges,    pile   drivers,    derricks    and   dredges. 


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FREDERICK  WILBERT 


l-'rctKrick  W'ilhcrt,  lumberman  and  planter,  a  son  of  Antone  and  Sibilla  VVilbert,  was  born  at  Plaque- 
niiiK-,  l.:i.,  Auk.  ■-•'••  '-'''i'i-  -Mi".  VVilbert  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  has  served  as  State  Senator  and  is  a  member 
(if  the  l'i)lice  Jury.  'Pnvvn  Cmincil  ami  of  the  Schonl  P.cianl.  He  is  a  Director  of  the  llihernia  Hank  ami 
Trust  Co..  Vice-President,  IberN-ille  Hank  &  Trust  Co.,  President,  Myrtle  Grove  Planting  &  Mfg.,  Co., 
President.  People's  Drug  Store  and  President  of  A.  Wilbert  Son's  Lumber  &  Shingle  Co.  Mr.  Wilbert  was 
married  April  27,  ISSl,  to  Miss  Helena  Lotz,  and  fnun  this  marriage  there  are  seven  children,  live  boys  and 
two  girls.  Mr.  Wilbert  is  nne  of  the  solid  business  men  uf  tlie  State  and  is  held  in  high  esteem  in  the  busi- 
ness  world   '>f    l.iiui--iana. 


ALFRED  Le  BLANC 


.-\lfred  Lc  Blanc.  Steamship  and  Insurance  Agent,  a  native  Britisher,  educated  at  Haileybury  College, 
Hartfordshire,  England,  was  originally  with  the  firm  of  Decan  &  Co.,  of  New  Orleans,  subsequently  being 
a  partner  for  ten  years  with  the  late  Lucas  E.  Moore  when  he  launched  forth  in  his  own  behalf.  Is  agent 
for  and  represents  the  Harrison  Line  of  Steamers,  the  Lamport  &  Holt  Line,  and  London  .Assurance  Cor- 
poration; is  Vice-President  of  the  Bank  i>f  Orleans  and  Vice-Consul  Argentine  Republic,  and  generally  a 
man   of  affairs. 


HARRY  FITZPATRICK,  of  Fitzpatrick  Auction  Co.. 
successors  to  Fifzpaiiirk  »Si  Till,  born  New  Orleans,  La., 
January  S.  1877,  is  one  of  the  solid  business  men  of  the 
city  and  progressive  in  every  sense  of  the  word.  A  well 
known  athlete,  Mr.  Fitzpatriek  has  won  over  500  prizes  in 
medals,  cups  and  trophies  and  is  the  present  holder  of  five 
world  records  and  fourteen  Southern  records,  was  the  winner 
of  National  walkins  championship  for  one  mile  at  San  Fran- 
cisco in  August,  1915,  and  one  of  the  principal  speakers  for 
,Iiio.  M.  Parker  in  his  candidacy  for  Governorship  of  Louisiana. 


JOSEPH  A.  ESTOPINAL.  M.  D.,  born  in  St.  Ilernard 
Parish.  May  2!t.  ls7i;:  attended  the  Tulane  High  School  dur- 
ing two  years  ;  later  ^fiuluated  from  the  Literary  Departnienl 
of  Soule  College  ;  studied  medicine  at  the  Tulane  College  of 
Medicine  from  1890  to  1899,  graduating  in  the  latter  year. 
Removing  in  1901  to  the  Parish  of  St.  Charles,  the  Doctor 
built  up  during  the  eight  years  of  his  residen<-e  there  a  large 
and  lucrative  practice.  In  1S9S.  he  returned  to  New  Orleans 
for  the  purpose  of  specializing  in  diseases  of  the  ear.  nose 
and  throat.  At  that  time  he  also  became  identified  with  the 
State  Board  of  Health,  which  he  served  with  ability  in  the 
position  of  Secretary  during  about  two  years.  The  State 
(Continued    on    page    84) 


E.  C.  DREWES,  a  native  of  California, 
was  born  at  San  Francisco,  December  1 7. 
1SS6.  a  son  of  Claus  and  Margaret  (Richter) 
Drewes.  After  completing  his  education 
Mr.  Drewes  became  associated  with  W.  R. 
Grace  &  Company  in  the  San  Francisco 
office  in  1908.  After  spending  practically 
two  years  in  the  Panama  Zone,  returned  to 
Sau  Francisco,  but  subsequently  choosing 
Louisiana  as  his  future  home,  located  in  New 
Orleans  in  August.  1915.  as  Agent  of  W.  R. 
Grace  &  Co.,  with  headquarters  in  Canal 
Bank  Building,  Camp  and  Gravier  Sts.  On 
October  12.  1911.  Mr.  Drewes  was  married 
to  Miss  Clara  Edith  Smith  at  Ancon.  Panama, 
and  from  this  marriage  there  is  one  child, 
Robert  Jackson  Drewes,  born  February  2G, 
1913. 


PLEASANT  LAWSON  FERGUSON, 
Lawyer,  born  at  Orange.  Texas,  February  2. 
1886,  was  educated  in  Peacock  Military 
School,  Class  of  9S-99  and  graduated  from 
the  Louisiana  State  University.  Clasi;  of 
1908  ;  began  practice  with  S.  F.  Foster : 
elected  Representative  of  Vernon  Parish  in 
1912  and  resigned  when  elected  delegate  to 
Democratic  Convention  or  1912  ;  now  prac- 
ticing law,  being  associated  with  E.  L. 
Stewart  and  Frank  E.  Powell  :  married  Miss 
Lucie  Rose  Bland.  June  29. '1909,  of  Point 
Pleasant,  La.,  and  from  this  issue  there  are 
three  children,  Mattie  Rose,  Lucie  Bland  and 
Miriam    Stark    Ferguson. 


79 


JOHN   J.   FIT/PATRICK 


l.ilin  J.  I'"itzi).ilii(l<.  I)()rn  January  :iOtli.  1880,  was  educated  in  the  public  scliools  of  his  native  Parish 
and  a  graduate  of  I'nitcd  Slates  Naval  Academy.  Class  of  lilOI,  servini);  in  the  navy  until  1907,  when  he  re- 
signed. 

Became  connected  with  the  office  of  Tax  (Collector  of  ()rle.'ins  I'arish  on  leaving  the  service,  being  still 
connected  with  that  nffce:  and  in  tlie  social  life  of  Xew  ()rleans  is  a  member  of  Chess,  Checkers  and 
Whist  Club,  Choctaw  Chdi.  Siuillurn  ^'aclu  t'lnl).  I'.ene\  oU-nt  and  Protective  Order  of  IClks,  and  .'\rmy  and 
N'avy    Club    nf    New     \'ork. 


SENATOR  MURPHY  J.  FOSTER 


.Senator  Murphy  J.  h'oster,  Ccdlector  of  I'ort  of  (  )rleans.  was  born  h'ranklin,  La.,  Jan.  I:.',  184'J,  has 
siven   tlie   best   of   his   time   and   talent    to   his   n.itixe    .State    of    Louisiana. 

By  protession  a  lawyer,  he  was  electe<l  a  member  of  the  Louisiana  .State  Senate  in  187!),  serving 
twelve  years. 

It  was  while  a  niember  of  the  State  Legislature  that  .Senator  booster  begun  the  fight  against  the 
Louisiana  .State  Lotterj-.  which  ended  only  in  the  deatli  of  tliat  gigantic  fraud,  l-'.lected  tiovcruor  l^f  the 
State  of  Louisiana  in  ISlKI,  Governor  Foster  was  returned  to  the  same  office  for  a  second  term,  and  was 
in  UIOI  elected  by  the  people  of  his  State  to  represent  them  in  the  Senate  of  the  United  States  Congress 
at  Washington,  being  re-elected   in   1!K)T.  serving  as   U.   S.  Senator  from    Marcli   4.   I'lOl    to   .March   :;,   IHl.!. 

Senator  I'oster  was  showed  with  further  honors  in  his  a])poinlnient  as  collector  of  the  I'ort  of 
C)rleans    on    .\ug.    1,    11)14,    which    position    he    now    hidils. 


80 


D.   D.   MOORE 

EDITOR    AND   GENERAL   MANAGER   TIMES- PIC  AYUNE 

PRESIDENT   NEW   ORLEANS   PRESS   CLUB 

DIRECTOR   AMERICAN   NEWSPAPER    PUBLISHERS   ASSOCIATION 

MEMBER   EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE  SOUTHERN   NEWSPAPER   PUBLISHERS   ASS'N 


81 


COL.   ROBERT   EWING 

NATIONAL  COMMITTEEMAN   FROM    LOUISIANA    AND    PUBLISHER 
NEW   ORLEANS    DAILY    STATES   AND  SHREVEPORT  TIMES 


82 


JAMES  M.  THOMSON,  Publis^lier  ot  The  New  Orleans  Itpiii.  one  the  most  Progressive 
iuul  Sucressful  Newspapers  of  the  South.  Mr.  Thomson,  the  eontrolling  owner  and  publisher 
of  the  New  Orleans  Item,  and  prominently  identified  in  politieal  reform  movements,  was 
horn  Feb.  13.  1S7.S.  at  Summit  Point.  .Jefferson  County  West  Virginia.  He  is  a  son  of  Dr. 
A\igustus  Pembrol<e  Thomson  and  Elizabeth  (Mcllhanyl  Thomson  both  of  whom  were  resi- 
dents of  Virginia,  as  were  their  ancestors  since  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  War.  The 
first  .Tames  Thomson  was  the  younger  son  of  a  Scotch  family  and  came  to  America  a 
licensed  Episcopal  Church  of  England  preacher,  settling  in  Fauquier  County.  Virginia.  The 
first  Mcllhany  was  a  Captain  in  the  Revolutionary  War  and  received  land  grants  in  London 
County,  Virginia.  Both  .lohn  Augustus  Thomson  and  James  .Mcllhany,  grandfathers  of 
James  Thomson,  were  graduates  of  William's  and  Mary's  College  and  ot  Princeton  University. 

(Continued   on    page   841 


83 


LEVERING     MOORE— Continued     from     page    73 

of  Commerce  ;  Chairman  of  the  Rural  Credit  Commission  of 
Louisianii  ;  Senior  Warden  of  St.  George's  Episcopal  Chun-h. 
and  Trustee  of  the  Children's  Home  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal  Church. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  following  clubs,  lodges  and 
societies  :  Tulane  Alumni  Assotriation  ;  Tulane  Soc;lety  of 
Economics:  Chunh  Cluh  of  Louisluna  ;  Uotary.  Pickwick. 
Audubon  Golf.  New  Orleans  Country  and  Chicago  Athletic 
Clubs;  Camj)  lieaurcgard  Sons  of  Confederate  Veterans;  Lou- 
isiana Lodge  F.  &  A.  M.  ;  Oriental  Consistory  (Chicago)  A, 
A.  S.   R.  :   Jerusalem  Temple.   A.  A.   O.   N.    M.   S. 

He  was  married  June  21.  1S9S  to  Miss  Margaret  Edger- 
ton,  at  Galesburg,   Illinois. 

CRAWFORD     H.     ELLIS — Continued     from     page    75 

Country  Clubs,  and  member  alsu  of  several  carnival  organ- 
izations. Mr.  Ellis  was  married  April  24,  1895  to  Miss  Inez 
Mollett  Satfold,  and  from  this  marriage  there  is  one  child. 
Miss  Inez  Lucile  Ellis,  who  was  Queen  of  the  Carnival  in 
1916.      Mr.    Ellis   was   King  of   the   Carnival    in    1914. 

C-    V.    UNSWORTH.    M.    D.— Continued    from    page    75 

l.sil.i.  and  from  this  marriage  there  are  four  children.  Rudolph. 
Sarah,  .lohn  and  Warren.  Is  a  member  of  the  Louisiana  State 
Medical  Society  and  of  the  Southern  Medi-al  Society,  and  is 
held  in  high  esteem  by  the  medical  profession  of  the  State  of 
Louisiana. 

WILLIAM    A.     POR TEOUS — Continued    from    page    75 

He  married  Miss  Henrietta  Koy.  of  Patterson,  La.,  a  daughter 
of  a  prominent  lumber  man  and  from  this  marriage  there 
are  three  children.  William  A..  Jr..  Douglas  Koy  and  Mildred 
Hettie  Koy.  Well  known  throughout  the  South  and  West. 
he  is  held  in  high  esteem  in  the  business  world  of  New 
Orleans  and   is  one  of  the  best   boosters  of   the  Crescent  City. 

EDGAR    M.    CAHN— Continued    from    page    75 

Infirmary,  also  Jewish  Widow's  and  Orphans  Home,  and  of 
Temple  Sinai  :  a  Master  Mason,  belonging  to  Jefferson  Lodge 
A.  P.  &  M..  and  member  of  Jerusalem  Temple,  and  the  Order 
of  B'Rith  Abraham,  as  well  as  a  member  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
thereof. 

B,  A.    LEDBETTER.    M.    D. — Continued  from   page  76 

Medical  Association.  Appointed  member  State  Board  of  Health 
by  Governor  Sanders,  subsequently  re-appointed  under  Gov- 
ernor Hall,   and   still   serving  as  a   member  of  that   body. 

Dr.  Ledbetter  was  married  to  Miss  Amie  Seawell  of  New 
Orleans.  La.,  on  October  29,  1S97.  and  from  this  union  tliere 
are  five  children.  Karl,  Gretchen,  Ben  and  Walter  (twins) 
and    Vi'tor   Ledbetter. 

J.    A.    ESTOPINAL,    M.    D.— Continued  from   page  79 

health  authorities  fearing  the  introduction  of  yellow  fever  at 
that  time  ottered  the  position  of  Inspector  in  Cuba  to  Dr. 
Estopinal,  whose  familiarity  with  matters  of  health  and  sani- 
tation, plus  his  knowledge  of  the  Spanish  language,  made  him 
the  proper  man  to  discharge  the  duties  of  such  a  place.  Ac- 
cepting the  position  the  Doctor  served  as  Louisiana's  Inspector 
in  Cuba  during  six  months  at  the  end  of  which  time  he  re- 
turned home  and  became  one  of  the  lecturers  in  school  hygiene 
and   sanitation    throughout    the   State. 

Since  1911.  when  he  resigned  his  position  with  the  State 
Board  of  Health.  Dr.  Estopinal  has  devoted  all  his  time  to 
special  practice,  in  which  he  has  been  very  successful,  and 
has  been  one  of  the  pioneers  in  practical  teaching  and  in- 
spection in  the  schools.  As  special  Medical  Inspector  he 
looks  after  the  school  children  of  his  native  parish. 


JAMES    M.    THOMSON— Continued    from    page    83 

and  later  became  members  of  the  Virginia  Legislature.  Dr. 
Augustus  Pembroke  Thomson,  father  of  the  present  James 
Thomson,  was  a  student  at  the  Virginia  Military  Institute, 
and  was  in  the  battle  of  New  Market,  He  afterwards  took 
a  course  in  medicine  at  the  I'niversity  of  Virginia,  George- 
town College  and  University  of  Maryland.  An  uncle,  James 
W.  Thomson,  commanded  a  battery  of  artillery  In  the  Con- 
federate Army  under  General  Stonewall  Jackson,  and  was 
killed   at    High    Bridge.    Virginia. 

James  Mcllhany  Thomson  graduated  at  The  Shenandoah 
I'niversity  School,  and  entered  the  Johns  Hopkins  University 
in  1894,  graduating  therefrom  in  1 S97  with  degree  of  A.  B. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Beta  Theta  Pi  fraternity  at  the 
Johns  Hopkins.  Associated  with  Edgeworth  Smith  of  Bal- 
timore, he  founded  and  edited  the  first  successful  college 
paper  at  the  Johns  Hopkins  University,  "The  News  Letter." 
After  graduating  he  entered  the  law  ofHce  of  General  .lohn 
E.  Roller  at  Harrisonburg.  Virginia.  In  190s  went  to  Wash- 
ington on  the  staff  of  the  Washington  Post,  later  formed  the 
Interview  Syndicate  and  did  spet  ial  work  for  the  Washington 
Bureau  of  the  New  York  Herald  and  New  York  American  and 
.Journal.  !n  1  9u(i  Mr.  Thomson  went  to  Norfolk.  Virginia,  and 
purchased  the  Norfolk  Dispatch,  which  he  develoi)ed  during 
the  next  six  years  to  a  leading  circula<iun  among  Norfolk 
j)apers.  In  1900,  as  editor  of  the  Dispatch,  it  was  he  who 
lirst  suggested  that  the  300th  Anniversary  of  the  settlement 
of  Jamestown,  Virginia,  should  be  celebrated  by  an  Exposi- 
tion at  Norfolk,  Virginia.  He  was  subsequently  actively  in- 
terested in  the  movement  to  hold  this  exposition,  and  was  made 
a  director  of  the  Jamestown  Exposition  Company.  In  1906 
he  sold  the  Norfolk  Dispatch  and  purchased  the  New  Orleans 
Item,  of  which  he  is  now  President  and  Treasurer  and  prin- 
cipal owner.  In  1910  he  founded  the  New  Orleans  Weekly 
Item.  The  New  Orleans  Item  is  the  leading  newspaper  in 
circulation  and  business  in  Louisiana,  Mr.  Thomp.son  was  a 
supporter  of  the  Good  Government  movement  in  Norfolk.  Vir- 
ginia, that  overthrew  the  Norfolk  City  ring  and  put  in  power 
the  good  government  administration.  Likewise  in  New 
Orleans  and  Louisiana  he  was  instrumental  in  the  launching 
of  the  Good  Government  movement  in  the  Democrat i':;  parly 
that  overthrew  the  State  ring  in  1912  electing  a  reform 
Governor  and  Legislature  and  two  United  States  Senators. 
Mr.  Thomson  is  a  membei  of  the  ProteUant  Episcopal  Church 
and  a  member  of  several  clubs  and  carnival  r rganizations 
and  societies.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  and  ho  has  been 
identified  with  the  progressive  political  movements  from  the 
time  of  his  first  interest  in  public  affairs.  He  has  never 
been  a  candidate  for  public  office.  On  June  30th.  1915  Mr. 
James  Thomson  was  married  at  Bowling  Green,  Mo.,  to  Miss 
Genevieve  Clark,  only  daughter  of  the  Hon.  Champ  Clark, 
speaker  of   the   U.    S.    House  of   Representatives, 


CHARLES  ALLEN  FAVROT,  of  the  firm  of  Favrot  & 
Livaudais.  Architects,  son  of  Henry  M.  and  Celestini  { Du- 
broca)  Favrot.  born  at  West  Baton  Rouge,  La.,  May  22. 
1866,  After  receiving  the  usual  common  ?>cnool  or  grammar 
education,  took  a  course  in  engineering  at  the  Louisiana  State 
University,  graduating  in  1SS4.  In  1SS5  entered  the  office  of 
Jas,  Trent,  and  in  1887  took  a  post-graduate  course  in  archi- 
tecture at  Cornell  University,  New  York.  Member  of  American 
Institute  of  Architects  and  senoir  member  of  firm  of  Favrot 
&  Livaudais,  Architects.  Was  married  to  Miss  Beatrice 
Freret  of  New  Orleans  on  January  8.  1891.  of  this  union 
there  are  five  children,   two  girls   and   three  boys. 


JAMES  E.  GLISSON,  Real  Estate  Promoter,  was  a 
law  student  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  Spanish-American  war 
and  abandoned  his  studies  to  volunteer  and  join  "Hood's 
Immunes,"  in  Company  "A"  Second  U.  S.  Volunteers,  saw 
service  in  Cuba  with  that  Regiment.  Elected  Mayor  Abita 
Springs,  serving  two  terms;  is  a  member  of  St.  Tammany 
Lodge  No.  1506  and  also  member  of  Loyal  Order  of  Moose. 
Married  November  30,  1902,  Miss  Caladonia  Rials  Maddox. 
and  from  this  union  there  are  five  children.  Ouida.  James, 
Lucille,    Edith   and   Margarite. 


A  LARGE  INDUSTRY  IN  NEW  ORLEANS 

It  will  probably  be  a  svirprise  to  many  who  read  this  to  learn  that  there  is  more  capital  invested  in 
the  manufacture  of  beer  in  New  Orleans  than  in  any  other  industrj',  and  the  pay  roll  is  a  large  factor  in  the 
general  prosperity.  It  not  only  takes  much  capital,  but  a  great  deal  of  skilled  labor  is  required  and  vast 
sums  go  to  the  farmers.  The  product  of  the  breweries  in  New  Orleans  is  not  only  sold  locally,  but 
throughout  the  South  and  exported  to  foreign  countries.  In  return,  this  money  is  sent  to  New  Orleans  and 
distributed,  through  the  employees  of  the  breweries,  to  the  people  of  this  city  and  section.  As  stated  there 
is  probably  no  one  other  industry  that  contributes  so  largely  to  the  upbuilding  of  New  Orleans  as  her  big, 
modern  and  successful  breweries. 

.\t  large  outlay  of  money,  the  local  breweries  have  brought  the  standard  of  their  beer  up  to  a  point 
where  it  is  the  equal  of  any  beer  made  in  the  country,  and  the  many  thousands  of  tourists  who  visit  New 
Orleans,  "The  Winter  Capital  of  America,"  are  loud  in  their  praise  of  the  national  beverage  that  is  set  before 
them  by  the  caterers  in  this   city. 


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MARSHALL  BALLARD,  Managing  Editor.  New  Orleaus  Item.  Born  in  Baltimore.  Md., 
ill   ISTi).  of  Easfrrii  Slinrc  parfutage.      Son  of  Ruth  V.   Marshall  and  Samuel   H.   Ballard.. 

Trained  in  the  public  sebools  of  Baltimore  and  in  schools  conducted  by  the  Christian 
Brothers.  Studied  pharmaceutical  chemistry  under  William  Simon,  in  the  Maryland  College 
of   Pharmacy. 

Entered  the  .Johns  Hopkins  University  in  1895  ;  received  the  Baccalaureat  degree  in  1S9S. 
after  courses  in  which  chemistry  and  biology  were  the  principal  subjects ;  spent  two  years 
further  in  special  graduate  studies  in  chemistry  and  geology. 

First  newspaper  work  was  done  as  university  correspondent  for  a  Baltimore  newspaper  ; 
afterwards  served  in  several  regular  capacities  as  reporter  and  editor  for  The  Baltimore 
American  and  The  Baltimore  News,  acting  as  correspondent  at  various  times  for  The  Xew 
York   Journal   and  The  New   York   Evening   Post,   and  other   newspapers. 

Retiied  from  newspaper  work  to  follow  further  scientific  studies  in  the  Johns  Hopkins 
lUliverslty  :  later  became  associated  with  Mr.  James  M.  Thomson  as  editor  of  The  Norfolk 
Dispatch,  in  Norfolk,  Va.  Came  to  New  Orleans  in  same  relation  with  Mr.  Thomson  at  the 
end  of  the  year  1906. 

Married  in  1910.  Edith  Loeber,  M.  D.,  daughter  of  the  late  Friederich  Loeber,  M.  D.,  a 
distinguished  physician  and  surgeon  of  New  Orleans.  The  couple  have  tour  children,  two 
sons  and  two  daughters. 


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ARTHUR   G.   NEWMYER 

BUSINESS   MANAGER 
THE  NEW   ORLEANS   ITEM 


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PAUL  JONES  THOMSON,  Vi.e  President  and  Assistant  Bu  mess  .Manager  oi  The 
New  Orleans  Item,  in  <  liarge  of  its  circulation,  has  been  associated  with  The  Item  for  the 
past  eight  years. 

Mr.  Thomson  was  born  at  Summit  Point,  Jefferson  County,  West  Virginia.  May  20.  1SS4. 
He  is  the  youngest  son  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Augustus  Pembroke  Thomson.  His  early  career  was 
that  of  the  usual  boy  on  a  farm. 

He  graduated  from  the  Virginia  Military  Institute  at  Lexington.  Virginia,  as  a  Civil 
Engineer.  Assisted  in  the  location  and  construction  of  the  Virginia  Railway  through  Virginia. 
He  built  highway  bridges  across  the  Shenandoah  River.  Clarke  County,  Virginia.  However, 
before  that  he  had  been  associated  with  his  brother  in  Norfolk,  Virginia,  on  the  Norfolk 
Dispatch. 

Mr.  Thomson  has  been  one  of  the  active  elements  in  the  marvelous  growth  of  The  New- 
Orleans   Item. 

In  a  fraternal  way  he  has  been  permitted  to  attain  the  32nd  degree  in  Masonry,  having 
advanced  that  far  since  he  came  to  New  Orleans.    He  is  a  member  of  Jerusalem  Temple  Shrine. 


A  BRII:F  HISTORY  01^'  Till-:  NEW  OKLHANS  ITF.M. 

The  New  Orleans  Item  was  founded  June  11,  1877,  and   is   accordingly  in   its  thirty-ninth  year. 

It  is  the  oldest  afternoon  newspaper  in  Louisiana  and  one  of  the  oldest  afternoon  newspapers  in  tlie 
country.  It  is  a  successor  to  other  afternoon  news|)apers  that  wen-  printed  in  New  ()rleans  jirior  to  tlie 
Civil  War,  as  well  as  following  the  Civil  War. 

The  venture  succeeded  fairly  well  from  the  start,  and  shortly  after  its  inception  was  taken  over  by 
J.ilm  W.  Fairfax,  a  leading  broker  and  financier  of  New  Orleans.  Col.  Fairfax  operated  the  paper  for  some 
lime  and  ret. -lined  as  edit'ir  Mark  Bigney.  one  of  the  famous  newspaper  men  of  Louisiana  and  the  South. 

l'"riini  its  forniatiiin  the  Item  took  kindly  to  reform.  Col.  ■•"airfax,  a  man  of  vigorous  intellect,  gath- 
ered to  The  Item  all  of  the  talent  that  its  income  would  warrant,  lie  bonght  the  paper  with  the  idea  of 
turning  it  over  to  his  son.  In  this,  however,  he  was  disappointed  as  his  son  was  bent  on  a  financial 
career  and  went   to  New   York  where  he  became   one  of  the  successful  business  men  of  the  metropolis. 

It  was  during  this  period  of  Col.  Fairfax's  ownership  that  Lafcadio  Hearn  came  to  New  Orleans  and 
became  connected  with  the  Item.  Hearn  contributed  a  number  of  editorials  to  the  paper.  His  discussions 
of  local  politics,  local  issues,  local  problems  and  of  local  needs  written  over  thirty  years  ago  is  very  much 
along  the   line   of   the    Item's   discussions   of   the   present  day  needs  of  its  community. 

Col.  Fairfax  sold  the  Item  after  some  vicissitudes.  It  was  purchased  by  Dominick  C.  O'.Malley.  then 
head  of  a  detective  agency  in  New  Orleans,  and  active  in  local  ))olitics.  O'Malley  purchased  tlie  Item  in 
IS!):')  and  owned  it  continuously  for  seven  years.  Under  <)'Malley's  ownership  the  Item  exposed  what  was 
known  as  the  "Boodle  Council"  of  New  Orleans.  It  was  idcntilied  with  one  or  two  successful  reform  move- 
ments in  the  city.  Mr.  O'Malley  supported  H.  M.  Pharr  in  his  hght  for  the  governorship — this  was  20 
years  ago.  Mr.  Pharr  was  elected  governor  of  Louisiana  by  a  majority  of  the  people  of  the  state,  having  its 
principal  supixirt  among  the  white  voters  of  Louisiana.      It    is   commonly    lield    that    lie   was   counted    out. 

Even  at  this  time  the  Item  had  the  leading  city  circulation  among  the  newspapers  of  New  Orleans. 
It  has  held  this  position  practically   without  change   during  all  the  years  that  followed. 

O'Malley  sold  the  Item  in  11)02,  to  Harry  Thalheimer,  of  Philadelphia,  and  Charles  M.  Palmer,  of 
New  York.  Thalheimer  operated  the  Item  for  about  a  year  and  determined  to  sell  out  and  move  to  Ohio. 
Since   that   time   he   has   become   publisher  of   The   Toledo  Blade  and  owner  and  publisher  of  other  newspapers. 

Charles  M.  Palmer  took  over  Thalheinier's  interest  in  the  Item  and  O'Malley  retained  a  minority 
interest  in  the  property.  R.  M.  Denholme  was  made  business  manager  and  publisher  and  conducted  the 
property  until  lilOO,  when  Charles  M.  Palmer  interested  James  M.  Thomson  and  Marshall  Ballard,  of  Nor- 
folk, Vs...  in  the  New  Orleans  field.  They,  along  with  Mr.  Frederick  I.  Thompson,  of  New  York,  purchased 
Mr.   Palmer's  interest  in  the   Item   and   subsequently  bought    Mr.    O'Malley's   minority   interest. 

At  that  time  the  Item  had  the  largest  circulation  of  any  newspaper  in  New  Orleans  and  a  city  circu- 
lation somewdiat  in  excess  of  that  of  The  Times  and  Pica3une  combined.  The  paper  commanded  a  substan- 
tial advertising  patronage  and  was   a  leader  in  the  afternoon  field. 

James  M.  Thomson  subsequently  purchased  the  stock  of  Frederick  I.  Thompson  and  became  principal 
owner  of  the  New  Orleans  Item.  The  present  directorate  of  the  Item  consists  of  James  M.  Thomson,  who 
acts  as  President  and  Treasurer  and  Publisher  of  the  paper;  Paul  J.  Thomson,  Vice-President  and  Director 
of  Circulation;  Marshall  Ballard,  Secretary  and  F.ditor  of  the  Item;  and  .Arthur  G.  Newmyer,  Director  and 
Business   Manager. 

Mr.  Thomson  was  born  in  Summit  Point,  Jefferson  County.  W.  Va.,  in  1S7S;  he  is  a  graduate  of  the 
Johns  Hopkins  University,  and  from  I'.HlO  to  IflOli  was  principal  owner  and  publisher  of  the  Norfolk  Dispatch. 
Mr.  Ballard,  also  a  graduate  of  Johns  Hopkins,  was  editor  of  that  paper.  The  Norfolk  Dispatch  at  the  time 
they  sold  that  property  was  the  leading  afternoon  newspaper  of  Eastern  Virginia  and  to-day  as  a  component 
part  of  The  Ledger-Dispatch  is  the  leading  afternoon  newspaper  of  F'astern  Virginia  and  one  of  the  most 
successful  newspapers  in  the  country. 

The  modern,  progressive  editorial  lines  wdiich  these  gentlemen  had  followed  in  building  The  Norfolk- 
Dispatch  were  followed  in  the  building  of  the  New  Orleans  Item.  That  paper  to-day  has  a  press  run  in  excess 
of  60,000  copies  daily  and  in  excess  of  7.5,000  copies  Sunday.  It  is  the  leading  afternoon  newspaper  of  the 
South  and  from  many  standpoints  makes  claim  to  being  the  leading  newspaper  of  New  Orleans  and  of  the 
South. 

Some  three  years  after  Messrs.  Thomson  and  Ballard  took  charge  of  the  Item.  j\Ir.  Paul  Thomson  be- 
came connected  with  it.  Some  five  years  ago  Mr.  Arthur  G.  Newmyer  became  business  manager  of  the 
property.  Mr.  Newmyer  has  had  extensive  experience  in  the  newspaper  publication  business,  particularly 
in  the  advertising  world.  For  many  years  he  was  connected  with  the  publication  of  Mr.  Frank  A.  Munsey, 
having  been  advertising  and  business  manager  of  the  Washington  Times  and  general  advertising  representa- 
tive of  Mr.  Munsey's  chain  of  five  newspapers. 

In  something  over  nine  years  of  ownership  and  management  The  Item  has  held  consistently  to  an 
independent  course  on  local,  state  and  national  affairs  and  on  all  issues  the  paper  has  attempted  to  voice 
the  convictions  of  its  owners  and  editors. 

Following  the  purchase  of  The  Item  by  its  present  owners,  the  Morning  World  was  started  in  the 
New  Orleans  newspaper  field.  This  venture  lasted  about  six  months  and  when  it  failed  The  Item  bought 
its  presses  and  mechanical  plant  at  that  time  the  best  in  the  City.  The  plant  was  moved  from  336  Camp 
Street  to  Nos.  210-212  Camp  Street.  The  growth  of  the  paper  has  necessitated  the  leasing  of  two  buildings, 
connecting  on  Common  Street. 

The  Item  has  grown  at  an  average  rate  of  from  12  to  1,5  per  cent  a  year  in  advertising  and  in  circula- 
tion during  the  years  it  has  been  under  its  present  ownership.  .\n  important  feature  of  its  business  policy  is 
that  some  years  ago  it  excluded  all  fake  advertising,  including  fake  medical  advertising,  quack  advertising 
and  advertising  that  is  dishonest. 

From  the  first  the  paper  stood  for  open  circulation  books.  It  was  one  of  the  leading  advocates  of  the 
law  which  was  finally  passed  compelling  newspapers  to  submit  sworn  circulation  statements  to  the  postoffice 
department. 

Editorially  and  in  a  business  way.  The  Item  introduced   modern   newspaper  publication  methods  in   New 

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Orleans.  Il  li.is  ln'i-ti  .1  Icidi-r  in  alnmst  (.-very  iiimn  alii  m  :m(l  ini|iriivciiifnt  in  juurnalisni  in  llu-  Xcw  fJrleans 
field, 

'The  p.iper  has  stuoil  nnilHi  inly  lor  '^nnd  gi>\  ernnu-nt,  fur  clean  |)Mlitics,  for  tlio  riglil  of  the  people  to  rnle 
in  their  own  affairs.  The  Item  is  one  of  the  best  known  newspapers  in  .America,  not  only  because  of  the 
lenKth  of  lime  it  has  been  in  existence  and  the  lead  which  il  has  maintained  in  its  Held,  but  because  of  sub- 
stantial achievements  alonp:  editorial  lines  and  in  constructive  journalism.  Space  docs  not  permit  a  review  of 
these  here.  The  Item  has  not  been  edited  fro  ma  business-office  stand|)oint.  Wherever  in  its  udKment  the 
interest  i>f  the  whole  people  ran  counter  to  si)ecial  interests  The  Item  has  cheerfullj'  sacrificed  immediate 
Kain  to  the  interest   of  its   readers 

The  Item  fought  for  and  obtained  universal  free  street  car  transfers  for  the  people  of  New  Orleans; 
it  fought  for  and  hclijed  obtain  lower  electric  lights  and  gas  rates;  better  street  railway  service:  it  has  fought 
for  fair  telephone,  telegraph,  express  and  freight  rates  for  the  people  of  New  Orleans.  It  has  fought  for 
ecjuitable  tax  assessments  for  the  people  of  New  Orleans  and  Louisiana;  it  has  fought  for  a  fair  treatment 
of  the  Mississipi  River  al  ilu-  liands  of  Congress.  .-\  noteworthy  achievement  of  'J"he  Item  was  its  fight  to 
abolisli  wholesale  race  track  gambling  in  New  Orleans,  this  resulted  in  closing  down  the  New  Orleans  race 
tracks  and  keeping  them  closed  for  a  period   of  five  years. 

The  owners  and  editors  of  the  Item  are  Democrats — locally  and  nationally — they  have  used  tlie  influ- 
ence of  the  |)aper  to  make  tlie  Oemocratic  party  a  proper  vehicle  for  obtaining  popular  rights.  The  Item 
has  been  identilicd  with  lights  for  the  income  tax,  for  the  establishment  of  a  regional  banking  system;  for  a 
tariff  commission;  and  for  a  proper  recognition  of  the  South  and  Southern  interests  at  the  haiuls  of  the  fed- 
eral government.  Several  years  ago  the  Item  organized  the  newspapers  of  the  South  to  run  an  all  Southern 
avUonioljile    route    from    the    Atlantic   to    the    Pacilic    Coast. 

The  paper  has  long  been  a  leader  in  the  publication  of  matters  of  interest  to  women.  Under  its  pres- 
ent management  the  Item  has  been  a  consistent  advocate  o  fwoman  suffrage. 

The  New  Orleans  Item  is  published  in  different  editions  for  different  clienteles — city  and  country.  Some 
years  ago  the  Item  changed  from  a  seven  to  an  eight  colimin  pewspaper.  The  afternoon  editions  for  the  city 
and  imiuediate  suburbs  began  publication  at  two  o'clock  in  the  day.  The  later  editions  for  the  country  keep  the 
Item  presses  busy  until  late  in  the  evening. 

h'rom  a  newspaper  standpont  New  Orleans  has  a  iioimlaton  uf  four  hundred  thousand  people.  The  Item 
aims  to  civer  this  population  more  completely  daily  and  Sunday  than  any  other  newspaper.  The  out  of  New 
Orleans  section  of  Louisiana  embraces  1,600,000  people.  The  Item  serves  this  population  with  a  lar.ger  daily 
circulation  than  any  other  New  Orleans  newspaper.  The  morning  editions  of  the  Item  are  on  the  breakfast 
tables  in   Lake  Charles  and  Shrevcport  every  daly. 

The  Item  is  published  to  give  the  readers  the  maximum  of  reader  time.  The  daily  editions  of  the 
Item  are  printed  in  from  ten  to  twenty  page  size,  the  pages  eight  columns  each.  The  Item  has  the  full 
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National  and  Inter-national  news  service  features,  better  known  as  the  Hearst  Service.  It  has  special  corre- 
spondents in  all  important  centers  of  the  country,  covering  the  news  of  Louisiana  and  Mississi[)pi — the  Item 
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CALCASIEU    PARISH 

(by    WILLIAM    K.    KREns) 

Calcasivii  i'arisli.  iIk-  tliiff  of  a  group  of  five  parishes  vvliicli  make  up  tlie  soiuliwestern  ccjrner  of 
Louisiana,  is  probal)ly  one  of  the  widest  known  subdivisions  of  the  State  outside  of  famous  old  Orleans. 
The  reasons  for  this  arc  not  hard  to  diseover.  It  is  as  cosmopolitan  as  a  great  metropolis.  Its  citizens, 
from  the  very  manner  of  its  settlement,  are  gathered  from  every  state  in  the  uinon  and  from  almost  every 
country  on  the  face  of  the  globe,  making  its  name  a  familiar  one  in  their  former  homes  and  among  tlieir 
kinsmen.  Some  of  its  chief  products,  notably  long  leaf  pine,  lumber,  and  sulphur,  are  shipi)ed  to  all  parts 
of  the  United  States  and  to  many  foreign  countries.  Moreover,  the  efforts  of  its  people  to  develop  its  re- 
sources and  the  improvements  they  have  made  to  secure  outside  aid  in  its  development  have  extensively 
advertised  it. 

A  brief  chapter  of  Calcasieu  liistory  will  suffice  to  sliow  why  it  is  cosmopcditan,  and  why  it  has  at- 
tracted various  groups  and  classes  of  iiioneers,  whose  descendants  have  inherited  their  energetic  and  adven- 
turous blood. 

When  Louisiana  passed  from  alternating  French  and  Spanish  domination  into  the  sisterhood  of  states, 
Calcasieu  was  a  part  of  the  ".Attakapas  country,"  embracing  proljably  one-fourth  of  the  present  area  of  the 
state.  The  first  white  settlers  were  French — some  from  France  direct,  others  by  way  of  the  land  of  Evan- 
geline— and  the  growing  of  cattle  on  its  vast  plains   was   their  chief  industry. 

Not  long  after  Louisiana  became  United  States  territory,  a  boundary  dispute  arose  between  Spain  and 
the  United  States,  the  latter  claiming  the  Sabine  River  as  the  dividing  line,  and  the  former  the  Calcasieu 
River,  called  by  them  the   Rio   Hondo.      In  order  to  tighten  its  claim   upon  the  disputed  territory  the   United 

States  made  liberal  offers  of  land  to  settlers,  and  this  brought  to   Calcasieu   stalwart  sons  of  the  old  South 

Tennesseans,  Carolinians  and  Georgians — whose  intrepid  characters  and  long  rilles  did  more  to  settle  the 
boundary  question  than  any  display  of  force  could  have   done. 

Time  passed;  Calcasieu  became  an  entity.  The  civil  war  wrenched  the  country  to  its  foundatiims, 
and  after  it  had  ended  came  hundreds  of  veterans — both  L'nion  and  Confederate — to  dwell  together  in  amity 
in  a  new  land.  Ne.xt  came  the  development  of  the  timber  industry,  and  with  it  the  sturdy  woodsmen  from 
the  shores  of  the  great  lakes.  Then  vast  areas  of  public  land  passed  into  private  and  corporate  ownership, 
and  hundreds  of  farmers  from  central  and  western  states  began  to  establish  homes  here.  So  each  decade 
brought  its   quota   of   hardy   and   adventurous  men,   pioneering  in   their  own   particular  industry. 

The  coming  of  all  these  groups  of  men,  not  only  from  widely  separated  states,  but  from  far  distant 
countries,  has  developed  as  remarkable  a  collection  of  resources  as  were  ever  found  within  an  area  of  a 
thousand   square  miles. 

The  first  great  manufacturing  industry  to  be  developed  in  Calcasieu  was  that  of  lumber  manufacture. 
Over  one-half  of  its  area  was  covered  with  great  forests  of  long-leaf  yellow  pine  upon  which  the  ax  of  the 
woodsman  had  made  little  impression  initil  the  early  eighties,  when  a  group  of  Michigan  lumbermen  saw 
their  latent  possibilities.  Others  from  other  states  joined  them,  until  the  manufacture  of  pine  lumber  became, 
and  continues  to  be,  the  chief  industry  of  the  parish  seat.   Lake  Charles. 

So  far  as  the  present  Calcasieu  parish  is  concerned,  little  of  the  origin.il  pine  is  left  standing,  but 
its  busy  saw  mills  are  reaching  out  by  river  and  rail  for  timber  supply  from  parishes  to  the  north.  '  The 
saw  mill  of  the  Calcasieu  Long  Leaf  Lumber  Company,  one  of  a  group  of  seven  in  this  and  adjoining 
parishes  operating  from  the  timber  holdings  of  the  Long-Bell  Ltmiber  Company,  one  of  the  largest  mills  in 
the  south,  is  permanently  built  and  equipped,  and  has  many  years  supply  of  timber  ahead.  The  J.  .\.  Bel 
Lumber  Company,  one  of  the  few  controlled  by  native  Louisianans,  operates  two  large  mills,  one  in  Lake 
Charles  and  one  thirty-five  miles  north,  and  has  enough  timber  left  to  supply  both  for  the  next  generation. 
Especially  well  supplied  with  standing  timber  is  the  Krause-Managan  Lumber  Company,  wdiose  holdings  are 
sufficiently  large  to  keep  two  mills  busy  for  years.  Other  mills  at  Lake  Charles  have  extensive  holdings. 
and  the  lumber  industry  will  continue   to  be  in   the   lead   in   the   community   for   many   years. 

Wonderful  mineral  wealth  has  also  been  developed  in  Calcasieu  parish,  and  recent  successes  indicate 
that  what  has  been  done  up  to  this  time  is  merely  a  foretaste  of  greater  wealth  to  come.  Efforts  to  develop 
oil  more  than  a  generation  ago  led  to  the  discovery  of  an  immense  bed  of  sulphur  beneath  a  quicksand  deposit 
in  western  Calcasieu,  .\fter  several  companies  had  tried  and  failed,  the  difficulties  of  mining  were  overcome 
by  the  genius  of  Herman  Frasch,  an  eminent  chemist,  who  organized  the  Union  Sulphur  Company.  This 
company  supplies  the  L'nited  States  with  sulphur,  and  could  dominate  the  world  market  if  desired,  being  able 
to  produce  chemically  pure  sulphur  at-  a  cheaper  mining  cost  than  can  be  done  anywhere  else  in  the  world. 

Geologists  have  ascertained  that  this  is  a  "freak"  deposit  of  sulphur,  the  like  of  which  probably  does 
not  exist  elsewhere  in  Calcasieu,  or  in  any  other  parish  or  state;  but  petroleum  territory  of  the  parish  is  not 
so  limited.  Paying  oil  fields  have  been  developed  at  Vinton  and  Fidgerly,  which  had  a'  combined  output  in 
March,  11)16,  of  lii.OOO  barrels  daily,  and  the  indications  of  oil  deposits  are  plentiful  at  many  points  in  Cal- 
casieu. 

Calcasieu  has  also  been  instrumental  in  developing  the  greatest  agricultural  product  of  the  gulf 
coast.  Outside  of  a  meager  supply  produced  in  the  Carolinas  all  of  the  rice  used  in  the  United  States  was 
imported  until  thirty  years  ago,  when  a  Calcasieu  farmer  hit  upon  the  happy  idea  that  rice  could  be  grown 
upon  high  prairie  land,  on  which  water  for  irrigating  purposes  could  be  pumped;  the  rice  to  be  harvested  the 
saiue  as  oats  or  wheat  after  the  water  had  been  drawn  off. 

The  result  of  this  has  been  that  rice  has  become  a  standard  crop  in  the  United  States  and  is  fast  be- 
coming, as  it  deserves  to  become,  one  of  the  standard  foods  of  the  people.  The  rice  crop  of  the  United 
States  iias  increased  a  hundredfold  since  then.  Louisiana  produces  half  of  it;  and  Calcasieu  territory  pro- 
duces half  of  the  half.  The  milling  plant  of  the  Lake  Charles  Rice  Milling  Company,  located  at  Lake 
Charles,  is  one  of  the  largest  in  the  world  and  during  the  season  of  1H1.)-Iiil6  handled  more  than  two 
million  dollars  worth  of  rice.  The  building  of  this  and  of  numerous  smaller  plants  for  the  milling  of  rice, 
and  the  development  of  such  lines  of  business  as  the  Lake  Charles  Carriage  and  Implement  Company  to 
solve  the  implement  problems  of  the  rice  farmers,  ha\'e  been  strong  factors  for  the  upbuilding  of  the  indus- 
try in  Louisiana. 

While  these  are  the  chief,  they  are  by  no  means  the  only  industries  of  Calcasieu  parish.  Xor  are 
its   resources   fully   developed    nor   its   possibilities   exhausted. 

The    production    of    naval    stores,    the    utilization  of   saw    mill    waste,    and    the    manufacture    of    lumber 

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beyond  the  rough  state  in  which  it  leaves  the  mills,  all  offer  possibilities  to  enterprising  men  and  as  far  as 
the  two  latter  are  concerned,  are  practically  nntonched.  There  are  thousands  of  acres  of  hardwood  timber 
in  Calcasieu  and  adjacent  parishes  with  which  nothing  has  been  done.  The  manufacture  of  pine  timber 
has  oomplelcly  absorbed  the  attention  of  the  saw  mill  owners. 

Tlic  immense  output  of  sulphur  and  petroleum  in  the  parish  offers  unequaled  opportunities  for  the  man- 
ufacture of  chemicals  and  other  products.  The  mineral  resources  of  the  parish  themselves  arc  but  slightly 
known  or  developed.  With  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  but  a  few  miles  south,  with  splendid  bottoms  for  the  propo- 
gation  of  oysters,  there  is  not  enough  sea  food  obtained  from  this  inexhaustible  source  to  supply  the  home 
market. 

Some    of    the    natural    advantages    Calcasieu    offers   to   the    farmer   may   be    mentioned    here: 

.\n  incomparable  climate,  in  which  the  extremes  range  from  maximum  of  ninety  to  one  hundred  de- 
grees in  summer  to  a  minimum  of  a  very  few  degrees  below  freezing  in  winter;  a  climate  in  which  stock 
needs  no  shelter,  and  the  farmer  can  work  out  of  doors,   if  he   wishes,   every   day   in   the  year. 

.•\det|uate  rainfall  every  month  in  the  year;  land  well  drained  or  susceptible  of  drainage;  no  floods 
and   no  destructive  storms. 

.\  variety  of  crops  unexcelled  anywhere  in  the  world,  eml>racing  rice,  corn,  cotton,  oats,  sugar  cane, 
all  kinds  of  vege.tables,   strawberries,  small  fruits,   figs,   peaches,  grapes  and  all  citrus  fruits. 

Low  priced  land,  on  which  crops  may  be  grown  continuously  throughout  the  year;  pro.ximity  to  the 
great  markets  of  the  country,  and  railroad  trunk  lines  in  every  direction,  with  fast  freight  service. 

Calcasieu's  improvements,  wrought  by  the  community,  are  no  less  remarkable  than  her  natural  advan- 
tages of  soil  and  climate.  As  stated  before,  her  transportation  lines  are  plentiful,  embracing  the  coast-to- 
coast  line  of  the  Southern  Pacific,  the  New  Orleans,  Texas  and  Mexico  Railroad,  both  the  former  from  east 
to  west;  and  the  Kansas  City  Southern  north  to  Kansas  City  and  the  St.  Louis,  Iron  .Mountain  and  .Southern 
to  St.  Louis  and  Chicago.  Lake  Charles  is  the  southern  terminal  of  the  last  two  named.  The  parish  has 
hundreds  of  miles  of  navigable  streams,  and  is  traversed  by  the  great  Intercoasta!  canal  from  the  Missis- 
sippi to  the  Rio  Grande, which  when  fully  completed  will  give  access  to  New  Orleans  and  the  Texas  ports 
by  water,  and  will  intersect  all  navigable  streams  in  Southern  Louisiana.  Only  one  link,  that  between  the 
Calcasieu  and  Mermentau  Rivers,  is  lacking  to  complete  this  waterwaj'  from  the  Mississippi  to  the  Texas 
line,  and  the  letting  of  the  contract  for  this  work  is  now   in   progress. 

Calcasieu  parish  also  has  the  best  road  system  in  Louisiana  and  one  of  the  best  to  be  found  any- 
where, having  just  completed  the  expenditure  of  over  a  million  and  a  quarter  dollars  in  the  construction  of 
one  hundred  and  seventy-live  miles  of  permanent  hi.ghvvays,  extending  into  every  section  of  the  parish,  and 
a  bridge  across  the  Calcasieu  river  at  Lake  Charles.  Included  in  the  highway  system  is  a  brick  paved  auto- 
moliile  highway  across  the  parish  from  east  to  west.  The  maintenance  and  extension  of  this  road  system 
is  in  the  hands  of  a  highway  department  headed  by  a  capable  engineer. 

Much  pride  is  also  felt  by  the  people  of  Calcasieu  Parish  in  their  school  system,  upon  wliicli  they 
spend,  both  in  the  city  and  in  the  country,  more  money  than  in  all  <jther  departments  of  government  com- 
bined. The  country  systein  includes  a  half  dozen  well-equipped  high  schools,  and  an  agricultural  high  school 
at  Sulplmr  with  the  most  perfect  plant  and  equipment  of  any  similar  school  in  the  south.  Wagonettes  carry 
the  pupils  from  a  distance  to  these  schools  and  their  course  of  study  is  modern  and  thorough. 

The  surface  of  Calcasieu  is  mainly  high  prairie,  several  feet  above  the  surface  of  the  streams.  Land 
adjacent  to  these  streams  is,  of  course,  well  drained;  land  further  back  is  easily  drained  by  means  of  drainage 
canals  and  laterals  constructed  at  small  cost.  A  number  of  drainage  districts  have  been  formed  and  are  in 
operation  in  Calcasieu  in  order  to  give  part  of  these  lands   perfect   drainage. 

The  health  of  the  parish  is  safeguarded  by  a  health  department  headed  by  an  expert  health  (jfficer. 
who  takes  command  of  the  situation  wherever  a  dangerous  case  of  illness  occurs  and  gets  it  under  control; 
and  who  also  inspects  the  schools  at  stated  intervals,  sees  that  all  sanitary  precautions  are  observed,  and 
keeps  guard  over  the  health  of  pupils  and  teachers.  Wherever  the  population  justifies  it,  rural-  mail  service 
and  rural  telephone  systems  are  in  operation,  and  these  facilities  are  extended  to  keep  pace  with  the  in- 
crease in  rural  population. 

In  all  matters  tendin.g  to  increase  the  comfort,  convenience  and  profit  of  country  life.  Lake  Charles,  the 
chief  city  of  the  parish,  takes  the  lead.  Lake  Charles  is  a  modern  progressive  city  of  18,000,  the  railroad 
center  of  the  parish,  and  connected  with  all  parts  of  the  parish  by  means  of  permanent,  well-constructed 
highways  which   may  be  traversed  every  day   in   the  year. 

Lake  Charles  has  ten  miles  of  paved  streets,  a  sanitary  sewerage  system,  lour  white  schools  built  two 
years  ago  at  a  cost  of  $1()0,000  and  a  $12.5,000  high  school  now  building,  to  be  completed  in  the  early  fall  of 
1U16.  It  has  a  fine  electric  plant  which  lights  the  city  and  furnishes  power  for  a  modern  street  railway,  an 
adequate  water  supply  derived  from  artesian  wells,  handsome  public  and  business  buildings,  and  practically 
a  hundred   miles  of  concrete  sidewalks. 

For  a  mile  alou.g  tlie  lake  bank  in  the  heart  of  Lake  Charles  a  park  and  drivewaj-  is  to  be  constructed 
at  a  cost  of  $80,000,  much  of  which  is  being  contributed  privately.  A  municipal  waterw.orks  system  to  take 
the  place  of  one  now  privately  owned  is  planned  when  the  waterworks  franchise  expires  in  the  latter  part 
of  11)16.  Lake  Charles  is  governed  by  a  city  commission  of  three,  headed  by  iMaj'or  George  L.  Riling.  The 
mayor  and  his  colleagues  are  business  men  with  no  political  bias  or  instincts,  and  they  are  giving  the  city 
an  efficient  and  economical  government. 

Perhaps  the  feature  about  Lake  Charles  that  most  appeals  to  the  population  of  Calcasieu  is  its  readi- 
ness to  aid  in  farming  development.  Its  business  men  mantain  the  Southerwestern  Produce  association,  a 
co-operative  marketing  bureau,  wdiich  finds  a  market  for  whatever  the  farmer  produces.  A  government 
demonstration  agent  helps  him  solve  his  growing  problems.  .-V  canning  factory,  built  by  Lake  Charles  busi- 
ness men.  is  at  hand  to  can  his  surplus  products.  The  city  furnishes  fine  banking  facilities.  The  Calcasieu 
National  Bank,  with  practically  a  million  dollars  capital,  maintains  branch  banks  throughout  the  Calcasieu 
territory  and  with  its  subsidiary,  the  Southwest  Louisiana  Farm  Mortgage  Company,  is  always  ready  to 
extend  intelligent  help  to  honest  men  who  are  developing  Calcasieu's  resources.  Even  in  the  matter  of 
land  titles  the  new  resident  is  safeguarded  by  tlie  Mayo  Title  Company,  whose  records  are  so  complete 
that  when  two-thirds  of  the  parish  records  were  destroyed  in  a  fire  some  years  ago  the  company  was 
ready  to  reproduce  them  if  needed. 

But  it  would  take  the  whole  Itein  Book  to  tell  about  Calcasieu  and  Lake  Charles,  and  even  then  the 
visitor  would  be  likely  to  find  out   that  like  unto  Solomon   and   his   glory:   "the   half   had   not   been   told." 

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W.   H    SULLIVAN,  Mayor  of  Bogalusa 

AND   MANAGING   HEAD  OF  THE   GREAT  SOUTHERN   LUMBER   CO. 


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IKJALUSA,  universally  called  tlu-  Magic  City  of  the  South,   has  justly  earned  the   title,  being  one 

■  if  the  most  progressive  cities  of  the  co\nitry.  hVom  a  dense  pine  forest,  unknown  and  unheard  of, 
to  a  fast  growing  city  of  some  l\vil\e  lliousa)iiI  inhabitants  is  a  record  to  be  proud  of,  especially 
ulun    that    record    has   been    made    in    the  l)riLf   >]iacc   of  ten   years.     Those   men   of   thought   and 

■  iili'Mi  \\\]<i  lia\e  niaile  the  liogalusa  of  to-day  have  just  cause  to  be  proud  of  their  efforts  in  the 
creation   and   building  of  this,  one  nf  the  best    cities    in    the    State   of    Louisiana.      Besides    having 

ihe  shops  of  the  .\c\v  (  )rleans  (jrcat  .\orthcni  k.iilroad  Company  employing  a  large  number  of  men,  a 
million-dollar  i>aper  mill,  several  banks,  a  creosoting  plant,  and  many  smaller  industries.  Bogalusa  has  the 
largest  lumber  mill  in  the  world,  producing  a  million  feet  of  yellow  pine  lumber  jjer  day.  This  picturesque 
city  is  situated  in  the  famous  Ozone  Belt  of  Louisiana,  seventy-two  miles  north  of  the  city  of  New  Orleans. 
On  account  of  its  ideal  location,  many  flowing  artesian  wells  and  splendid  sewerage  system,  this  municipality 
is  one   of  the   most    healthful   in   the   country. 

The  amount  of  business  done  in  Bogalusa  is  most  substantial,  as  reflected  in  the  receipts  of  the 
post  office  and  other  sources  of  record,  these  comparing  most  favorably  with  the  larger  cities  throughout 
the  State.  Much  of  the  progress  and  prosiierity  of  this  thriving  city  is  due  to  the  efforts  and  co-operation 
of  the  executive  staff  of  the  Great  Southern  Lumlier  Company,  which  company  is  responsible  for  the  creation 
and  making  of  the  Bogalusa  of  to-day.  This  company,  in  selecting  the  site  of  what  is  now  Bogalusa, 
ni:ide   no   mistake   in   their   choice,   as   is   shown   by   the   wonderful    strides    of    progress    already    made. 

Large  tracts  of  lands  from  which  the  forest  has  been  removed  are  being  marketed  by  the  Great 
Southern  Limiber  Company  on  most  liberal  and  attractive  terms  to  homeseekers.  In  Marion  County,  Mis- 
sissippi, on  the  line  of  the  New  Orleans  Great  Northern  Railroad,  near  Columbia,  they  have  some  very 
attractive  i^roperties  especially  adapted  to  farming  and  stock  raising.  As  this  land  is  located  sixty  miles 
from  the  Mississippi  River,  it  is  not  subject  to  overflow.  The  broad  and  liberal  spirit  of  this  company 
in  the  marketing  of  their  farmin.g  lands  to  prospective  settlers  is  reflected  in  the  fact  that  a  certain  amount 
of  liunber  for  building  purposes  is  advanced  on  credit,  at  a  very  low  rate  of  interest,  based  on  the  cash 
payment  made  by  the  purchaser.  Throughout  this  entire  region  truck  gardening  and  dairying  are  coming 
more   and    more    to    the    front    as    among    the    chief   industries. 

In  the  city  of  Bogalusa  much  time,  labor  and  money  have  been  spent  in  water  works  and  sewerage 
equipment,  all  of  which  has  made  the  city  thoroughly  sanitary  and  one  of  the  most  healthful  in  the  entire 
country.  The  Great  Southern  Lumber  Company  has  given  particular  attention  to  the  homes  of  its  em- 
ployees,   and    every    white    family    enjoys    electric    lights,   running   water   and   bath    rooms. 

To  supply  the  big  mill  at  Bogalusa  with  logs  for  its  enormous  output,  eighteen  locomotives  are  kept 
in  constant  service.  More  than  three  thousand  men  are  employed  in  the  woods  and  at  the  mill,  manu- 
facturing and  shipping  "Bogalusa  Brand"  lumber  to  Northern  and  Eastern  markets,  as  well  as  to  foreign  ports. 

Bogalusa  boasts  especially  of  the  Long  Leaf  Yellow  Pine  timber  manufactured  by  the  Great  Southern 
I^umber  Company,  as  this  timber  has  no  peer  in  the  world's  market  for  density,  strength  and  durability.  These 
timbers  are  especially  adapted,  therefore,  for  use  in  bridge  and  trestle  work;  heavy  construction  of  all 
kinds,  and  wherever  strength,  durability  and  resistance  to  weather  is  essential.  The  Great  Southern  Lum- 
ber Company  specializes  particularly  in  the  manufacture  of  timbers  in  accordance  with  specifications  adopted 
by  the  Inspection  Department  of  tlie  .'\ssociated  Factory  Mutual  Insurance  Companies:  the  Southern  Pine 
Association,  and  the  .American  Railway  Engineering  .Association.  Each  and  every  piece  of  timber  manufac- 
tured in  accordance  with  any  of  the  above  grades  is  branded  "Bogalusa,"  which  is  a  guarantee  of  the  excel- 
lency of  the  stock:  a  safe.guard  to  the  customer,  and  an  identification  of  the  source  from  wlience  it  came.  Not 
only  does  the  Great  Southern  Lumber  Company  specialize  in  the  manufacture  of  "Bogalusa  Brand"  timbers, 
but  is  also  in  position,  because  of  its  facilities  and  large  capacity,  to  supply  promptly  mixed  cars  of  Yellow 
Pine  yard  stocks,  flooring,  mouldings,  box  shooks,  lath,  and  all  kinds  of  Yellow  Pine  for  manufacturing  pur- 
poses cut   to  size.     ;M1   of   this   stock   is   likewise  branded  "Bogalusa,"  which  assures  quality  and  service. 

lion.  W.  11.  Sullivan,  the  managing  head  of  the  Great  Southern  Lumber  Company,  is  held  in  high  es- 
teem by  not  only  every  employee  of  the  company,  but  also  by  every  inhabitant  of  hustling,  bustling  Boga- 
lusa, and  as  a  reward  for  his  untiring  energy  in  building  up  and  making  the  city  what  ir  is  to-day.  the  people 
coniprising    Bogalusa    have    made    him    their    Mayor. 


Among  the  many  agencies  helping  to  bcmst  I'.o- 
galusa,  none  stand  higher  than  the  Washington  Bank 
&  Trust  Company.  This  Bank  with  a  total  of  re- 
sources of  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  million  dollars. 
is  recognized  in  the  banking  world  as  one  of  the 
solid  institutions  of  the  State.  The  Company  pay 
especial  attention  to  its  Trust  business  and  are  en- 
abled to  act  in  any  fiduciary  capacity  and  are  pre- 
pared to  handle  anything  in  this   line. 


The  First  State  Bank  is  another  of  the  solid 
banking  concerns  of  Hogalusa.  The  oldest  bank 
in  Washington  Parish,  the  First  State  Bank  prides 
itself  in  the  service  rendered  to  its  patrons  in  Bo- 
galusa and  other  parts  of  the  State.  Lender  a  very 
wise  management,  this  banking  institution  has  won 
a  reputation  second  to  none,  and  has  contributed 
much  towards  the  upbuilding  and  prosperity  of 
Bo.galusa.  The  Bank  invites  correspondence  at  all 
times  and  make  a  specialty  of  out-of-town  deposits. 


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Strug  Brothers  arc  jinigressive  tailors  and  fiiniish 
aiiytliiiiH  '"  ''^'  il>'-.irr(l  in  iliilliin^  and  s<L'nt's  fur- 
nishinK  gouds.  .siiM(.->  and  Slctsmi  hats.  Operated 
hy  M.  Strug  and  J.  Strug,  these  gentlemen  have 
hnilt  up  a  substantial  business  in  their  i)artieular 
line  and  make  a  specially  in  tailnriiio;  at  CDUimun- 
sense  prices  that  will  apiieal  t<i  every  pocke  tbook. 
They  carry  a  big  assortment  of  Stetson  hats  and 
ladies  lingerie  and  are  prepared  to  serve  the  trade 
with  everything  in  tlien-  line  If  they  haven't  in 
stock  just  what  you  want,  make  your  wishes  known 
and  they  will  get  it. 


Harry  Marchiz,  the  ijopular  tailor,  whom  every- 
body knows  and  who  makes  the  clothes  for  the 
leading  men  of  Bogalusa.  is  kept  busy  in  filling  his 
numerous  orders  in  and  out  of  the  city.  He  makes 
the  very  best  suit  to  be  had  at  a  common-sense 
price,  iilteen,  eighteen  and  twenty  dollars,  and  al- 
ways guarantees  satisfaction.  Harry  is  very  popu- 
lar in  licjgalusa  and  is  well  liked  by  a  large  number 
(if  patrons  in  the  city  of  Bogalusa. 


Tlie  Ozone  Ice  Company  lia^  .i  niMilcrn  and 
up-to-date  plant  for  the  manufacture  c  d'  ice  and 
furnish  to  Hogahisa  as  good  a  service  as  that  ob- 
tained in  the  larger  c'lies,  making  a  specialty  of 
prnnipt  deliveries  and  in  running  on  full  time,  are 
enabled  to  furnsh  to  a  large  number  of  custmiiers 
of  the  city  their  daily  recpiirenients.  besides  the 
out-of-town  shipments  that  they  are  called  upon  to 
fill.  Especial  attention  is  given  to  all  out-of-town 
orders  and  if  you  send  in  an  order  t"  the  Ozone 
Ice  Company,  you  may  be  sure  it  will  receive  prompt 
attention. 


The  Bogalusa  Steam  Laundry  is  one  of  the  lead- 
ing institutions  of  the  city,  and  send  you  back 
"everything  but  the  dirt."  making  a  specialty  of 
cleaning  and  pressing,  and  because  of  their  up-to- 
date  e<|uipment.  are  enabled  to  wash  and  clean  the 
most  delicate  fabrics  witlmut  injury,  and  do  a  large 
b\isiness  nut  luily  in  Hogahisa.  but  tu  out-ot-town 
customers.  Tlie  laundry  is  operated  by  I'aul  and 
I^ouis  Levert  and  these  gentlemen  may  be  relied 
on  to  render  the  best  of  service  at  all  times. 


Morris  Hyman,  in  operating  "The  Leader,"  lills, 
a  long-felt  want  in  this  thriving  little  town.  With 
a  due  regard  for  a  good  <|uality  at  a  low  price.  ;ind 
believing  in  fair  treatment  to  all.  he  has  built  up 
a  good  business  in  dry  goods,  notions,  slmes.  men 
and  ladies'  furnishings  and  ready-to-wear  garments. 
Mr.  Uyman  has  made  himself  pcijular  in  Bogalusa  in 
catering  to  the  wants  of  the  pu'jlic  and  if  your  pur- 
chases are  not  satisfactory,  he  will  guarantee  sat- 
isfaction. 


At  the  furniture  house  of  Heiman  Brothers,  suc- 
cessors to  Heiman  &  Burglass,  Inc.,  may  be  found 
everything  necessary  in  furnishing  the  home,  from 
the  kitchen  up.  These  gentlemen  are  located  on  the 
Columbia  Road,  ne.xt  to  Berenson  Bros.,  and  carry- 
ing also  a  special  line  in  jewelry,  do  a  large  business 
in  furnishing  most  of  the  citizens  of  Bogalusa  in 
everything  rei|uired  in  their  line.  They  constitute 
one   of   the   reliable   business   concerns   of   Bogalusa. 


The  Million  Article  Store,  operated  by  i\l.  Marx, 
is  one  of  the  popular  stores  of  Bogalusa.  for  here 
you  can  find  anything  and  everything  needed  for 
household  purposes,  and  if  the  store  don't  contain 
just  what  you  want,  they  make  it  their  business  to 
see  that  your  wants  are  fullilled.  Mr.  Marx  has 
built  u])  a  good  business  in  collecting  U))  tlie  smaller 
article^  that   we  need   dailv   and   dues  a   big  business. 


Mr.  H.  B.  'Yeager  is  one  of  the  pr<uniiient  men 
of  hustling  Bogalusa.  and  has  contributed  much  of 
his  time.  lal)or  ,ind  brains  in  making  the  Bogalusa 
of  to-day.  -Mr.  \' eager  is  one  of  the  popular  men 
of  the  city.  He  is  the  general  superintendent  of 
the  Great  Southern  Lumber  Company. 


Berenson  Bros,  keep  and  upcrate  one  of  the 
best  groceries  m  the  city  and  are  prepared  to  fur- 
nish staple  and  fancy  groceries  at  rock-bottom 
prices  at  all  times.  Carrying  a  large  stock  of 
general  merchandise  and  catering  to  the  best  of 
the  trade,  these  gentlemen  may  be  counted  on  for 
the  very  best  in  their  line,  furnishing,  as  they  do, 
a  prompt  delivery  service,  and  if  the  order  delivered 
at  y.air  door  is  not  right,  they  nia\-  be  relied  on 
to  make   it   right. 


Mr.  T.  A.  Magee  is  the  watchful  guardian  of  the 
homes  of  the  citizens  of  Bogalusa  as  the  head  of 
the  Police  Department,  being  Chief  of  Police,  and 
is  peculiarly  adapted  for  the  position  which  he  holds 
by  virtue  of  his  long  experience  as  a  deputy  sheriff. 
He  is  right  on  the  job  all  of  the  time  and  is  the 
right  man  in  the  right  place.  The  crooked  element 
give  Bogalusa  a  wide  berth  when  they  float  down  to 
Louisiana  for  their  usual  winter  stay  because  it 
isn't  a   healthy   place  to   ply   their  several  vocations. 


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LOUISIANA  SUGAR  INDUSTRY. 

[•"cw  |)i'u))k'  an'  al)le  to  frame     an  adcniuaic  iiK'Htal  picture  of  the  sugar  industry  of   Louisiana. 

To  say  that  tlie  state  produces  :i()(),nni)  hniK  tons  of  "sweetness''  in  a  normal  year,  or  that  tlie  sn.tjar 
product  is  worth  $:{."i,()()(),()()0  annually  to  those  producing  it,  or  even  to  say  that  the  capital  invested  in  the 
industry  reaches  the  stu]H-n(hi(ius  total  of  $:iOO, 000,000.  is  to  throw  on  the  canvass  of  the  mind  merely  a 
mass  of  color  that  fails  lo  stir  tlie  imagination. 

This  is  an  age  of  record-smashing  ligurcs.  and  the  mind  numbs  when  nothing  but  cold  arithmetic 
is  brought  into  play. 

Millionaires'  palaces  there  are  on  St.  Charles  Avenue  built  of  the  profits  of  the  King  of  Louisiana's 
industries,  as  well   as  sky-scrapers  on  Gravier  Street  and   department   stores   on    Canal   street. 

Country  homes  have  been  built  or  acquired  on  the  Gulf  Coast  or  the  mountains  of  Tennessee  and 
North  Caronlina;  automobiles  have  been  bought,  and  the  excellent  highways  on  which  they  spin  have 
been  built;  and  innuiiierable  improvemeuts  for  the  comfort  and  convenience  of  Louisiana's  population  have 
collie.     And   Sugar   lias   been,   chiefly,  the   liquidator  of  the  bills. 

It  is  in  considering  h()w  science  and  capital  combined  have  brought  these  magnificent  results  about, — how 
hard-headed  engineering  skill,  energy,  ambition,  the  industrial  desire  to  do  and  dare;  have  built  up  slowly, 
patiently,  an  industry  that  is  a  giant  in  proportions,  that  the  mind  is  awakened  into  an   enthusiasm. 

Of  all  Louisiana's  many  profitable  branches  of  agriculture,  the  sugar  cane  industry  is  infinitely  the 
most  impeu-tant.  not  only  on  account  of  the  huge  annual  returns  to  those  engaged  in  it,  but  because  of  the 
uniiiue  position  it  occupies  in  the  eccjiiomic  life  of  her  people,  iiearlv  half  of  whom  arc  interested  directly 
or   indirectly    in    its    development. 

More  tli;iii  ,my  other  one  industry  it  has  upheld  the  commercial  <liguity  of  the  state — has  been  the  chief 
factor  in  exploiting  her  to  the  world  at  large.  .\t  times,  indeed,  it  has  been  practically  her  one  source  of 
wealth,  the  impenetrable  bulwark  of  her  industrial  life. 

Sugar  was  first  made  in  Louisiana  in  1795,  though  sugar  cane  was  introduced  into  Louisiana  in  17.")1 
by  the  Jesuit  h'athers  from  San  Domingo,  who  had  built  up  in  that  country  a  considerable  industry.  Its 
use,  ])rior  to   17il."),  was  conlined  to  the  manufacture  of  rum  and  syrup. 

The  cane   grew   well   in   the   rich    humus   of   South    Louisiana,    but    all    attem]its    to    manufacture  sugar 

from  it  were  abortive,   until   lliil,  when   Don   Antonio   Mendez  succeeded  in  extracting  sugar  from  cane.  Three 

years  later  Ltienne  de   Bore  made  such  a  large  crop  of  sugar  that  many  were  induced  to  go  into  the  indus- 
try,  and   it   is    to    him    that    the   real    credit   of   being   the  father  of  the  industry  belongs. 

Between  that  crude  industry  of  120  years  ago,  and  this  year  of  l'.)16,  when  Louisiana  boasts  of  the  most 
modern  sugar  plant  in  the  world — the  Chalmette  Refinery  of  the  American  Sugar  Refining  Company,  which 
also,  is  the  second  largest  in  the  United  States — has  been  written  a  record  of  marvelous  human  achievement 
in  the  art   of  makin,g   tlie   article   that  now   is  one  of  the   most   important   of   foodstuffs. 

The  important  early  periods  of  the  history  of  sugar  in  Louisiana  were  in  1820,  when  the  production 
reached  a  total  of  twenty  millicm  ]iounds.  in  lis:iO.  when  steam  was  introduced  in  the  mills  as  the  source  of 
power,  in  18,'J4.  when  nearly  liw  hundred  million  pounds  were  produced,  and  in  1SS2.  when  the  centralized 
plant   had   its   birth. 

The  later  e])Ochal  stations  were  in  LSI);.',  when  the  L'nited  States  Go\'eriinient.  foreseein.g  the  advisability 
of  lending  substantial  aid  to  the  Louisiana  planter  offered  substantial  bounties  on  all  sugar  manufactured  in 
the  country,  and  in  liilO  when  the  Chalmette  Refinery,  introducing  the  last  wor<ls  in  engineering  and 
chemical  formulas,  was  opened. 

The  Louisiana  sugar  planter  always  has  been  a  potent  faxtor  in  the  development  of  the  state,  distinctive 
in  his  type  and  representative  of  her  best  class  of  citizenship.  With  characteristic  progressiveness.  he  has 
been  quick  to  introduce  new  methods  in  culture  or  in  the  manufacture  of  the  raw  iiroduct,  all  things  con- 
sidered. 

He  has  not  only  improved  his  lands  by  an  intelligent  rotation  of  crops,  but  he  has  cultivated  and  fer- 
tilized them  more  thoroughly  than  had  been  the  custom,  and  he  has  eliminated  many  sources  of  waste. 
He  has  begun  to  compute  the  amount  of  sugar  that  could  be  manufactured  from  a  ton  of  cane,  and  to  put 
cost   gauges   on    all    the    steps    of   production    and   manufacture. 

Progress  in  the  last  ten  or  fifteen  years  has  been  notably  fast,  and  when  the  industry  was  at  its  height 
a  few  years  ago  there  was  nearly  200  sugar  plants,  large  and  small,  in  the  state  and  more  than  one  thousand 
individual  growers. 

Very  few  people  have  even  the  remotest  idea  of  the  great  investment  that  a  sugar  plantation  repre- 
sents. The  average  large  sugar  planter  pays  out  in  wages  alone  from  $100,000  to  $2.50,000  annually.  Good 
sugar  factories  cost  anywhere  from  $1J0.000  to  $600,000.  and  have  to  be  renewed  almost  entirely  every  ten 
or  fifteen  years. 

One  10,000-acre  plantation  in  Lafourche  Parish  might  be  cited.  This  plantation  has  .■{,400  acres  in 
cultivation  to  sugar,  has  an  annual  pay  roll  of  some  $L50,()00,  has  a  sugar  house  valued  at  $;!00,000,  has  .35 
miles  of  3-foot  gauge  railroad  with  three  17-ton  locomotives,  262  freight  cars  of  from  h\>;  to  ten  tons 
capacity,  and  a  mill  that  grinds  about  1,200  tons  of  cane  daily. 

This  institution,  employing  from  800  to  1,000  men  the  year  round,  gives  living  to  a  population  of  more 
than  2,500  souls.  Experts  are  employed  to  keep  accurate  tab  on  all  items  of  cost,  such  as  plowing,  hoeing, 
ditching  and  cultivating,  harvesting,  fertilizing,  freight,   depreciation  in  implements  and  factories,  and  the  like! 

In  the  inevitable  evolution  of  the  sugar  industry  of  the  state,  the  establishment  of  large  refineries 
equipped  with  the  most  modern  of  machinery,  with  capacities  so  large  that  costs  are  cut  to  a  minimum,  and 
with  buying  and  selling  organizations  and  connections  so  adjusted  that  market  demoralization  is  almost  un- 
known,  has  been   a   consequence. 

Five  large  national  concerns  by  the  sugar  crop  of  Louisiana,  the  chief  one  being  the  American  Sugar 
Refining  Company,  which  takes  an  average  of  60  per  cent  of  the  outinit.  The  Chalmette  plant  of  this  Com- 
pany, located  on  the  outskirts  of  New  Orleans,  has  a  capacity  of  600,000  tons  of  sugar  a  year.  In  normal 
years    Louisiana    contributes    about    275,000    tons    of    this.     The  plant  has  a  fine  steel  dock  800  feet  long  and 


80  feet  wide,  with  a  minimum  of  30  to  35  feet  of  water.  Its  filtering  plant  has  a  capacity  of  6,000,000  gal- 
lons a  (lay.     The  shippiiiK  facilities  permit  the  loading  and  nnloading  of  100  cars  a  day  without  disorder. 

'I'lie  Chalmettc  Kelinery  gives  steady  employment  to  about  1,500  men.  When  the  machinery  is  not 
wurUing  im  Louisiana  sugars,  it  is  busy  with  sugars  imported  from  Cuba,  Porto  Rico  and  the  Central 
Aini-ricaii   countries. 

The  sugar  belt  of  Louisiana  embraces  some  twenty- fuur  parishes  uv  parts  thereof,  of  which  the  most 
important,  in  order,  arc  St.  Mary,  Lafourche,  Iberia,  .\ssunii)tion,  Terrebimne.  Iljirvilje,  St.  James,  West 
Haton   Rouge,  Ascension,   St.  John,   Lafayette,  St.   Martin  and  Pla(|uemines. 

The  industry  stands  out  as  Louisiana's  contribution  to  the  national  programme  of  war  preparedness, 
and  as  such  is  entitled  to  every  degree  of  aid  and  conservation  that  tlie  state  can  give  it.  It  is  an  admitted 
fact  that  sugar  is  an  essential  part  of  a  soldier's  diet.  Cane  growers,  the  manufacturers  of  raw  product,  and 
the  rehners,  operating  (M1  the  twentieth  century  principles  of  co-operation,  have  interests  that  by  any  fair 
analysis  are  mutual.  Given  encouragement  by  wise  state  and  national  legislation,  they  will  prove  their  worth 
to  tin-  nation  if  perchance  the  country  is  eml)roiled  in  a  foreign  war  and  must  fall  back  on  its  own  food 
supidies. 

In  liur  own  l,'i\il  W.ir  :iud  in  the  Franco-Prussian  War,  sugar  formed  an  important  part  of  the  soldier's 
tooil.  hi  the  Itoer  War,  Lnglaiul  found  sugar,  especially  in  the  form  of  candy,  of  peculiar  service  in  keep- 
ing up  the  spirits  of  her  soldiery,  and  in  the  early  months  of  the  present  giant  luiropcan  conliict,  Germany 
ascertained  that  a  regiment  linished  a  forced  marcli  on  a  twenty-four  hour  diet  of  sugar  alone  in  much  bet- 
ter i)liysical   condition   than    another   regiment   sujiplied   with  tlie  regular  army  rations. 

Sugar,  in  the  estimation  of  men  closely  connected  witli  the  state's  industrial,  will  remain  Louisiana's 
leading  "money  crop"  for  some  time  to  come.  Year  by  year  tlie  growing  of  sugar  cane  and  the  marketing 
of  the  cane  or  the  raw  sugars,  are  becoming  more  profitable  through  the  modernizing  of  methocls.  Co- 
operation in  producing  and  in  rehning  has  lessened  risk,  decreased  costs  and  stabilized  markets.  lifTi- 
cicncy  has  come  to  be  recognized  by  the  planter  as  something  quite  as  valuable  to  him  as  to  the  manufac- 
turer of  slioes  or  hats.  Transportation  by  railroad  and  by  canal  or  river  barge  from  lield  to  mill  and  rel'mery 
has  been   cheapened. 

The  sugar  industry  of  Louisiana  has  all  the  aspects  of  a  great  manufacturing  industry.  h'armers  in 
the  grain  and  cotton  belts  harvest  the  raw  products  out  of  their  fields,  take  them  to  markets  convenient 
everywhere,  and  there  the  interests  of  the  growers  practically  ends.  A  bale  of  cotton,  or  a  bushel  of  corn 
or  wheat  is  a  commodity  tliat  is  salable  in  any  market,  at  prices  almost  uniform  throughout  the  United 
States. 

How  different  is  the  case  of  the  cane  planter!  His  interest  in  his  crop  is  far  from  ended  when  the 
stalks  are  stripped  and  cut  and  hauled  out  of  the  fields.  It  must  go  through  the  processes  of  manufac- 
ture before  it  is  of  any  use  to  anybody,  except  those  few  in  the  market  for  raw  cane.  Or  it  must  be 
made  into  raw  sugars  in  the  grower's  own  factory,  and  then  its  markets  are  limited  to  the  refineries.  In 
a  few  instances  the  plantation  is  equipped  with  the  sort  of  plants  able  to  manufacture  a  completely  refined 
product. 

These  circumstances  indicate  that  the  relations  between  the  planter,  the  raw  sugar  manufacturer  and 
the  refiner  are  exceedingly  close.  .^  harmonious  relation  means  greatest  benefit  to  all  three,  certainly  no 
less  to  the  grower  than  to  the  refiner. 

Cities  or  localities  seeking  to  increase  their  manufactures  are  usually  advised  by  the  experts  in  these 
fields  to  stimulate  tliose  for  which  the  community  is  specially  adapted,  (jr  to  which  it  is  able  to  extend 
superior  natural  inducements.  In  South  Louisiana  conditions  exist  that  peculiarly  are  advantageous  to  the 
growing   of   sugar   cane    and   the    manufacture    and    refining  of  sugars. 

.\llu\ial  deposits  have  been  gravitating  here  from  the  North  for  a  hundreil  thousand  years.  Then  came 
ten  thousand  years  of  vegetation,  with  consequene  humus.  The  result  is  a  soil  from  one  hundred  to  nine 
hundred  feet  deep — rich  beyond  the  power  of  pen  to  compute.     In  such  soil,  cane  flourishes. 

Railroad  lines  and  canals,  bayous,  lakes  and  rivers  intersect  the  soutli  part  of  the  state  so  thoroughly 
that   transportation   for   raw   or  manufactured   product   is  cheap   and  convenient. 

Then,  when  the  sugar  is  bagged  or  barrelled,  ready  for  the  consumer's  kitchen  or  table,  steamship 
lines  come  to  the  door  of  New  Orleans  to  take  it  to  the  world's  markets,  a  great  national  river  system 
places  the  markets  of  a  rich  agricultural  and  manufacturing  valley  within  easy  reach,  and  to  the  remainder 
of  the  nation  run  the  transcontinental  railroad  lines   going  through  New  Orleans. 

King  Cotton,  some  years  ago,  returned  more  actual  money  to  the  state  than  sugar,  but  cotton  is  a 
vacillating   monarch,   sometimes   prodigal   in   his   gifts,   at  others   more   penurious   than   King   Midas   himself. 

.Vnd  it  is  when  King  Cotton  has  failed  to  justify  Louisiana's  right  to  a  ranking  position  among  the 
sister  states  of  the  Union,  that  Prince  Sugar  has  sil  houted  his  mighty  shadow  across  the  industrial  map 
of  the  nation,  compelling  the  attention  of  the  world   to  the  greatness  of  Louisiana. 


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l''\(.Ty  SoutlicrrUT  l<iin\v>  lli.il  llic  niamifactnre  of  liimbei-  is  one  of  tlu'  foruniost  industries  of  the  South 
and  that  Scuillicrn  W-llow  I'inc  is  ihu  principal  commercial  wood  of  the  region.  But  how  many  of  us,  famil- 
iar as  we  are  with  our  native  i;ine,  know  tliat  it  is  not  only  one  of  tlie  most  plentiful  \arieties,  but  is  the  most 
useful    wood    llial    .yrows,    as    well? 

Southern  ^'ello^\  I'ine  has  such  a  vast  number  and  such  a  great  \ariety  of  uses  that  the  average  person 
lias  lillle  ciuiception  of  the  important  part  it  ])lays  in  almost  every  phase  of  the  daily  life  of  the  world.  Uc- 
iinilely  restricted  in  the  area  of  its  growth,  Soiitliern  \'ellow  Pine's  good  qualities  are  so  varied  and  its 
adai)tability  so  su|>erior  llial  its  distribution  as  hnuber  is  limited  only  by  the  confines  of  civilization  and  the 
facilities  for  transportalion  In  America  its  place  in  manufactures  and  building  construction  is  such  that 
more  than  :i(i  per  cent  of  all  the  lumber  consumed  is  Southern  Yellow  Pine,  while  enormous  quantities  go 
to  I'.urope,  South  America  ami  Africa.  Its  annual  production — more  than  16  billion  board  feet — is  nearly 
three  limes  as  great  as  any  other  (Uie  wood  and  equal  to  the  combined  production  of  the  four  other  most 
useful   woods. 

In  addition  to  its  universal  use  in  the  manufacture  of  paving  blocks,  it  occupies  a  place  of  first  im- 
portance in  every  kind  of  heavy  construction — for  piling,  ties,  trestles,  poles,  trusses,  beams,  sleepers, 
joists,  columns,  rafters,  sills — wherever  great  strength  and  endurance  are  essential.  It  has  a  multitude  of 
uses  in  manufactures — the  "important"  factory  uses  enumerated  in  Kellogg's  "Lumber  and  Its  Uses"  in- 
chidin;4  nuire  than  l."ill  factory  made  articles.  It  is  practically  the  only  "all — purpose"  wood  extensively 
used  in  general  hcjuse  construction,  supplying  every  requirement  in  framework,  siding,  flooring,  ceiling, 
sheating,  sash  and  doors,  rails,  spindles,  newel  posts  and  every  variety  of  dressed  or  turned  exterior  and 
interior  linish.  It  is  also  used  in  making  furniture,  toys,  woodenware,  silos,  lath,  shingles,  tanks,  and  house- 
hold heliis.  Because  of  its  strength,  density,  even  grain  and  workability  it  lends  itself  to  more  varied  uses 
than   does  any  <ither  wood. 

Southern  Yellow  Pine  has  been  in  popular  use  since  the  first  settlement  in  .America;  and  public 
buildings,  homes  and  country  buildings  constructed  entirely  of  this  wood  100  or  even  IJO  years  ago  are 
still  in  good  state  of  preservation.  Its  long  use  and  perfect  record  as  a  building  and  structural  material 
makes  this  wood  more  popular  today  than  ever  before  for  almost  every  building  purpose,  either  for  inside 
or  outside  use.  Old  Midway  Church,  Screven  County,  Georgia,  is  one  of  the  oldest  wooden  structures  in 
this  country.  It  has  given  nearly  200  years  of  service  and  is  still  in  use.  It  was  built  of  Southern  Yel- 
low   Pine. 

The  following — in  which  the  figures  quoted  are  from  Government  statistics  and  absolutley  accurate 
— are  only  a  few  of  the  many  ways  in  which  Southern  Yellow  Pine  proves  its  marvelous  adaptability;  in 
the    multiplicity    of    ways    in    which    it    serves    humanity  it  is  unique,  in  a  class  by  itself: 

The  manufacture  of  boxes  and  crates  consume  10  per  cent  of  the  total  annual  lumber  output 
of  all  woods  in  the  United  States,  and  Southern  Yellow  Pine  provides  the  material  for  one-fourth 
of  all  such   products. 

In  railway  car  construction  the  annual  consumption  of  lumber  is  l.:-'iJi).U00.0UU  hoard  feet —  and 
SouthernYellow   Pine  supplies  ."i4  per  cent  of  it. 

In  the  manufacture  of  a.gricultural  implements — plows  harrows,  cultivators,  drills,  planters, 
threshing  machines,  rakes,  etc. — ::!00  million  feet  of  lumber  is  used  annually,  and  over  30  per  cent 
of  it  is   Southern    Yellow   Pine. 

In  ship  and  boat  building  200  million  feet  of  hunber  is  required  every  year — and  .'i.l  per  cent 
of  that  is  Southern  Yellow  Pine.' 


Of  wood  paving  materials   and   conduits  >sii   per   cent   are    Southern    Yellow    P 


lue. 


In  the  manufacture  of  trunks  and  valises,  which  requires  T.J  million  Ixiard  feet  of  lumber 
annually.    Southern    Yellow    Pine   supplies   20   per   cent. 

In  machine  construction — steam  shovels,  hoists,  cranes,  well  drills,  dredges,  crushers, 
presses — in  which  the  wood  used  "must  possess  strength,  toughness  and  durability,"  Southern 
Yellow   Pine  supplies  more  than  3.'J  per  cent  of  the   wood  used. 

In  the  building  of  freight  and  passenger  elevators,  which  consumes  10  million  feet  of  lumber 
each    year.    Southern    Yellow    Pine    supplies    .^(5  per  cent. 

In  the  manufacture  of  ])layground  equipment  16  per  cent  of  all  the  wood  used  is  Southern 
\  ellow  Pine,  and  in  the  making  of  scales  and  wei.ghing  apparatus  24  per  cent  of  the  wood 
recpiired  is   that   same   species. 

Without  goin.g  into  further  detail,  a  few  of  the  remaining  classihcaticms  where  Southern  Yellow- 
Pine  finds  use  are;  furniture,  fixtures,  vehicles,  woodenware.  tanks,  caskets  and  coffins,  refri.gerators  and 
kitchen  cabinets,  excelsior,  laundry  appliances,  shade  and  map  rollers,  picture  frames  and  moldings, 
sporting  and  athletic  goods,  patterns  and  flasks,  plumbers  woodwork,  electrical  machinery,  clocks  and  signs 
and  supplies.  This  will  give  some  idea  of  the  variety  of  uses  of  "the  wood  of  service."  In  the  Govern- 
ment   Bulletin,   "Uses   of   Commercial   Woods   of   the    United    States."    it    is    said    of    Southern    Yellow    Pine: 

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"In  a  large   part   of  the  country  it   is  so   universa!Iy  used  that  there  are  few  places  of  impor- 
tance it  does  not   hll." 

Because  Southern  Yelhnv  Tine  is  dense  grained,  strong,  stiff  and  tough,  it  is  uneiinaled  as  a  material 
for  silo  construction.  Its  great  durability  is  due  to  its  fine,  even,  compact  grain  and  the  fact  that  it  con- 
tains a  quantity  of  pitch  and  resin,  natural  repellants  of  moisture  and  decay.  The  oldest  silos  in  e.xistence, 
still  ill  use,  are  wood.     The  iddest   wood  silos  in  existence,  still   in  use,  are  Southern   Yellow   F'ine. 

The  modern  pavement  and  one  that  is  becoming  more  popular  every  year  is  made  of  creosoted  wood 
blocks.  Proliably  DO  per  cent  or  more  of  all  the  wood  block  paving  in  America  is  Southern  Yellow  Pine. 
Wood  blocks  make  an  ideal  floor  for  factories,  machine   sliops  and  warehouses  as  well. 

Southern  ^■cllow  Pine  makes  a  perfect  interior  finish  wood  because  of  its  striking  grain  and  beautiful 
te.xture,  whicli  makes  il  particularly  suited  to  use  in  tine  joinery  and  high  varnish  finish,  while  it  takes  paints 
and  stains  perfectly.  Southern  Yellow  Pine  docs  not  "fuzz  up"  nor  show  "knife  marks"  in  the  planing  mill 
process,  therefore  it  requires  less  labor  and  expensive  hand  scraping  to  secure  smooth,  satin-like  surfaces.  It 
is  bright  and  attractive  in  color  and  its  general  beauty  and  utility  is  surpassed  by  no  other  wood,  not  even 
the  most  expensive  hardwoods. 

The  beauty  of  the  figure  of  Southern  \ellow  Pine  lias  only  of  late  years  been  proi)erly  aiipreciated. 
During  the  past  few  years  there  has  been  a  remarkable  development  of  the  use  of  Southern  Yellow  Pine  for 
face  veneer,  especially  in  door  making  and  built-up  panels  for  interior  wood  work.  Southern  Yellow  Pine 
is  one  of  the  most  foremost  woods  in  the  veneer  industry.  The  annual  consumption  of  that  wood  in  the 
veneer  industry  is  about  40  million  board  feet  and  in  1!)15  it  lead  in  quantity  pojjlar.  cottonwood,  oak  and 
birch.      It   was   surpassed   by   red   gum   alone.     The   bulk  of  this  veneer  was  used  for  orange  and  lemon  boxes. 

If  protected  by  standard  automatic  sprinkler  equipment,  the  economical  "mill  constructed"  building  of 
Southern  Yellow  Pine  is  practically  as  free  from  fire  danger  as  the  most  expensive  building  of  non-combus- 
tible  materials,   and   commands   usually   an   equally   low   insurance   rate. 

One  of  the  newest  and  at  the  same  time  most  satisfactory  uses  of  Southern  Yellow  Pine  is  in  the 
constniction  nf  Motor  Speedways.  The  best  modern  speedways  in  America  are  imw  built  of  wood,  since 
racers  have  found  that  they  can  attain  a  greater  speed  with  more  safety  on  a  wooden  track  than  was  possi- 
ble on  the  old  tracks.  The  great  Sheepshead  Bay  speedway  cost  $:i,. 500,000  and  used  6,500,000  feet  of  lum- 
ber,  of   which    :i, 000,000    feet    of    Southern    Yellow    Pine   ::x4's   placed   on   edge   went   into   the   track  alone. 

Mention  has  been  made  of  the  extensive  use  of  Southern  Yellow  Pine  in  ship  and  boat  building,  but 
it  has  remained  for  the  present  war  to  develop  a  new  use  for  that  wood.  Xot  hmg  ago  5,000  submarine 
destroyers  were  built  by  one  of  the  great  European  powers.  They  were  built  of  heart  Southern  Yellow  Pine. 
These  boats  are  70  feet  long,  carry  a  crew  of  seventeen  men  and  are  driven  by  the  most  powerful  gasoline 
engines  ever  designed.  They  have  a  speed  of  4S  miles  per  hour.  The  warring  nations  of  Europe  have  used 
huge   quantities   of   Southern    Yellow    Pine   and    the    demand  bids  fair  to  be  gigantic  after  the  war. 

Southern  Yellow  Pine  surpasses  all  other  woods  also  in  the  variety  and  value  of  by-products  recovered 
from  it.  Some  of  these  are:  Wood  pulp,  pulp  boards,  paper,  paper  bags,  paper  twine,  excelsior,  turpen- 
tine, resin,  tar,  pitch,  charcoal,  pine  oil,  ethyl  alcohol,  pyroligneous  acid,  an  oil  of  balsamic  odor,  ether,  var- 
nishes, terpineol,  pine  wool,  cattle  feed,  and  it  is  not  improbable  that  acetic  acid,  wood  alcohol,  acetone  and 
producer  gas  can  also  be  obtained. 

Southern  Yellow  Pine  has  a  hi.gh  heat  value.  One  cord  of  seasoned  wood  being  equal  to  a  ton  of 
good  coal.     Heavy  pitch   pine  may  be  almost  equal,  in   heat  value,  to  the  same  weight  of  good  coal. 

The  toughest  wrapping  paper  produced  is  made  from  Southern  Yellow  Pine  wood  pulp.  Of  all  the 
excelsior  produced  in  .\merica,  necessitating  the  consumption  of  100,000,000  board  feet  of  lumber  annually, 
15  per  cent  is  Southern  Yellow  Pine.  From  the  sap  of  the  wood  comes  turpentine,  resin,  tar  and  pitch,  their 
production  a  gigantic  industry  in  itself.  The  pine  needles  when  boiled  in  a  strong  solution  of  alkali  produce 
pine  wool,  which  is  woven  into  fabrics  and  used  in  upholstery. 


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SOUTHERN     PACIFIC    LINES 

TRAVEKSK    THE    BEST    SECTIONS    OF    THE    SOUTH 

Tlio  Soiitlieni  Pacific  Lines  in  Louisiana.  opcralinR  west  ont  of  New  Orleans,  serve  what  is  possibly 
the  most  fertile  and  productive  section  of  this  great  State.  Tlie  lines  in  question  traverse  what  has  always 
been  known  as  the  ".SiiKar  I'.owl"  of  Louisiana  and  a  territory  th.at  feu-  many  years  has  been  prominent  in 
the  fact   of  its   wondcrlul   pl.nitatiMus,   rich   alluvial   soils,  and   thriving;   iirogressive  up-to-date  comtnunities. 

The  sugar  sections  bcKin  on  the  west  bank  of  the  Mississii)pi  River  where  the  crf)SsinK  of  the  lines  is 
made  at  Avondale  and  continue,  with  but  one  or  two  small  breaks,  until  the  town  of  Lafayette  is  reached, 
a   distance    of   one    hundred    ;ind    forty-four    miles    from    New   Orleans. 

Lafayette  is  in  the  ccnlcr  of  what  is  known  as  the  "Attakapas"  country,  the  name  Ijeing  derived  from 
a  tribe  of   Indians  that  occupied  this   fertile   area  at  the   time   when   the   State   was   oriKinally   settled. 

South  of  Lafayette,  the  wonderful  semi-alluvial  prairie  gently  slopes  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  while  north 
of  the  thriving  little  city,  also  a  passenger  terminus  of  the  Southern  Pacil'ic,  the  country  is  penetrated  by 
what  is  known  as  the  Alexandria  branch  of  the  system.  Here  is  a  wonderful  region  of  farm  lands,  nearly 
all  occupied  in  the  cultivation  of  sugar,  corn,  cotton,  feed  and  forage  crops.  This  territory  runs  to  the  Red 
River  and  is  characterized  by  a  mixture  of  the  Red  River   valley   soils   with    the   ecjually   fertile   sandy   loams. 

West  of  Lafayette,  following  the  tnain  line  of  the  system,  begins  the  wonderful  upland  rice  fields 
which  have  made  Louisiana  famous  the  country  over.  These  rice  fields  have  taken  the  place  of  the  Hat. 
level  prairie,  which,  while  distinct  from  the  alluvial  and  semi-alluvial  soil,  it  is  capable  of  a  high  state  of 
cultivation  and  production.  Line  rice  plantations  and  rice  mills  are  features  of  this  section  until  the  Texas 
line   is    reached. 

North  out  of  Lafayette  operates  the  I'.aton  Rouge  line  connecting  witli  the  Illinois  Central  at  Baton 
Rouge,  the  State  Capitol  of  Louisiana,  and  connecting  alstj  with  the  I'orl  liarre  branch  out  of  Cade.  Both 
of  these   branches  tap   a   splendidly  develoj'ed   section  of  the  State. 

The  Napoleonville  branch  running  from  Schriever  station  north;  the  llouma  branch  operating  south 
from  tlie  same  point,  and  the  Lockport  branch  divergin.g  soutli  from  the  main  line  at  Raceland,  penetrate 
additi<inal  sections  of  the  sugar  producing  area,  serving  the  towns  of  !.ockpi>rt.  Houma.  Thibodaux  and 
Napoleonville. 

South  from  Baldwin  a  branch  line  serves  the  wondtrfid  rock  salt  mine  at  Week's  Island,  while  an- 
other branch  south  from  New  Iberia  serves  .Avery's  Island,  where  is  located  one  of  the  most  remarkable 
salt   deposits   in    the    world,   and   one    which    has   l)een   operated    since    tlie    civil    war. 

West  of  New  Iberia,  wliat  is  known  as  the  Abbeville  branch,  traverses  a  .-plendiil  territory  in  which 
is  produced  sugar,  corn  and  rice,  intersecting  the  main  line  at  Midland  and  runnin.g  north  to  lumice.  This 
particular  region,   while  devoted   to  general   farming,   has    lar.gely   specialized   in    rice   production. 

Soutli  and  east  of  Lake  Charles,  the  Lake  .\rthur  liranch  of  the  system  taps  and  serves  another  great 
rice  sectii'U. 

While  the  "Sugar  liowl"  has  been  a  distinct  and  i>rol'itable  feature  of  Louisiana  agriculture  for  many 
years,  and  the  lands  are  among  the  most  fertile  in  the  world,  there  is  a  sidendid  oi)portunity  for  the  small 
farmer,  both  in  the  cultivation  of  sn.gar,  and  in  diversified  farming,  intensive  stock  and  hog  growing.  Lands 
are  reasonable  in   value   and   cheaiier.   in   proportion   to   their  cai)acity.  than  any  lands  in  the  L'nited  States. 

The  territory  immediately  sumumdiu.g  Lafayette,  north  as  far  as  Alexandria,  and  south  taking  in  much 
of  the  Abbeville  branch,  is  ideal  in  its  attractions,  opijortunities.  and  products,  for  the  man  who  desires  to 
make  his  home  in  a  wonderful  country  and  practice  farmin.g  on  a  small  scale,  while  the  prairies  west  of 
Rayne  offer  ever}'  inducement  to  tlie  farmer  who  would  either  specialize  in  rice  or  engage  in  general  farm- 
ing,     llcddings    may    be    secured    at    extremely    low    \alues. 

The  rainfall  and  climatic  conditions  of  the  entire  section  of  the  State  traversed  and  served  by  the 
Southern  Pacific  Louisiana  Lines,  effect  a  condjination  difficult  to  excel.  The  farmers  are  practically  as- 
sured of  their  crops  and  may  proceed  with  their  operations  with  a  certainty  that  there  will  be  no  absolute 
failure  because   of  a  lack   of  rainfall   or  because   of   unusual   or  abnormal   conditions. 

Proceeding  west  from  New  Orleans,  the  thriving  towns  of  Thibodaux,  Houma.  Napoleonville.  Mor- 
gan City,  Patterson,  Franklin,  Jeanerette,  New  Iberia.  Lafayette.  Rayne,  Crowley,  Jennin.gs  and  Welsh  are 
adequately  supplied  with  educational  ancl  religious  facilities,  many  handsome  schools  and  church  buildings 
marking   the   enterprise   and    zeal   of   the    citizens. 

The  same  conditions  obtain  in  the  towns  of  Opelousas,  Washington,  St.  Martinsville.  Breaux  Brid.ge 
and  Port  Barre.  north  of  Lafayette  on  the  branch  lines.  Alexandria,  the  terminus'of  the  .Alexandria  branch 
is  a  splendid  little  city  with  many  handsome  improvements,  while  Lake  Charles,  possibly  the  largest  city 
on  the  Louisiana  lines,  is  the  center  of  a  lar.ge  lumber  producing  territory  and  has  a  marked  industrial  de- 
velopment. 

West  of  Lake  Charles,  and  near  the  town  of  .Suliihur.  is  located  the  lar.gest  sulphur  producin.g  mine  in 
the  world.     Near  Vinton,  a  progressive  community  in  the  same  locality  is  one  of  the  great  Louisiana  oil  tields. 

The  Southern  Pacific  lines  in  Louisiana  furnish  possibly  the  best  service,  both  freight  and  passenger, 
enjoyed  bj-  any  section  of  the  State,  b'ive  trains  operate  in  each  direction  between  New  Orleans  and  Hous- 
ton daily.  .Additional  trains  operate  to  and  from  New  Orleans  and  Lafayette,  similar  service  being  in  effect 
between  Lafayette  and  Houston,  makin.g  a  total  of  fourteen  trains  daily  on  the  main  line.  Ade(|uate  service 
is  operated  over  all  branch  lines  connecting  with  the  main  line  trains  in  such  manner  as  to  .give  patrons  of 
the   system   the   best    and    most    convenient   method    of  travel. 

Perscuis  desiring  infonuati<m  covering  frei.ght  and  passenger  traffic  should  address  the  followin,g  officers 
at  New  Orleans:  Mr.  Chas.  S.  I'ay.  General  Freight  -Agent  and  Mr.  Jos.  Hellen,  General  Passenger  Agent. 
For  information  regarding  possiliilities  for  agricultural  and  industrial  development,  farm  lands,  etc.,  address 
Mr.   H.   M.  Mayo.   Manager,   Industrial,   Immigration   &   .-Xdvertising  Bureau.   Houston. 

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1 


T.    &    P.    TERMINAL    STATION 


TllH  THXAS  &  PACIFIC  RAILWAY  1\  LOUISIANA 


The  line  of  the  Texas  and  I'acihc  Railway  is  en 
iiig  as  lerniini,  I'T  I'asD,  Texas,  the  largest  eity  "M  ih 
combined  ocean  and  river  port  in  America, 

The  total  mileaj^e  covered  by  this  great  system 
tliis  total   trackage   while   the   remaining   T^iAC)   is   take 

The  Texas  and  Pacilic  Railway  has  seven  bran 
the  main  artery,  enables  it  to  reach,  traverse  and  ser 
one  i)arishes   nineteen   have   their  county  seats   located 

The  three  largest  cities  in  the  State,  New  Orlea 
commercially   with   the   Texas   and    Paciinc    Railway,    w 

The  people  of   New  Orleans  claim  this  railroad 
liable  assets. 

The  executive  offices  of  this  line  are  located  in 
mately   four   and   a   half   million   dollars   in   extensive   a 

The  Texas  and  Pacific  rails  reach  the  West  b 
center  of  the  forty-mile  harbor,  where  within  a  few  bl 
the   best   etjuipped   and    most    conveniently   arranged    p 

The   New   Orleans   terminal   property  comjirises 
terminal   facilities   for  the  future  great   development   of 
and  the  sea. 

The  Texas  and   Pacific   has  so  closely  identihed 
that  it  covers,  and  by  close   official   contact   with   its  p 
cultural    and    industrial    life. 

By  following  it  through  the  parishes,  one  cann 
.growth   that  is   not   excelled   by   any  other  line  in   the 

The  greatest  possible  agricultural  and  mineral  w 
trihuting  territory  is  perhaps  the  richest  agricultural  s 

For  200  miles  it  crosses  almost  the  entire  len 
of  the  Mississippi,  whose  lands  carry  a  greater  pote 
the  world.  In  addition  to  this  it  has,  as  tributary  te 
laya,  which  perhaps  have  no  superior  in  America.  T 
the  Red  River  to  almost  the  Northern  border  of  the  St 
.ill  the  most  fertile  lands  on  the  Atchafalaya. 

In  addition  to  these  rich  river  silt-deposits,  th 
cnt-over  pine  in  North  Louisiana,  cut-ii\er  cypress  in 
sei'tions  of  the  state. 

The  greatest  mineral  wealth-producing  asset  of  t 
and    Pacilic    Railway    runs    right    squarely    through    the 

Tu  the  Northern  part  of  the  State  are  vast  |iin 
portion   extensive   cypress   swamps. 

In  addition  to  this,  there  is  great  prosi)ective  d 
sissippi.  the  Atchafalaya  and  the  Red.  These,  and  ot 
this  great  steel  artery  of  commerce  offer  bright  pros 
and  thousands  of  miles  of  waterw-ay  carrying  products 
forecast   for   this   great   system,    already   one   of   Louisi 


nlined  to  Te.xas.  Louisiana  and  .\rkansas  territory,  hav- 
e    Mexican   liordcr   and    New    (jrleans.    La.,   the   greatest 

is    1, '.144. 07.      The    main    line    absorbs    l,:i1'.l.iil    miles    of 
u   up   by  branch   line   feeders. 

ch  lines  in  Louisiana  covering  liSG  miles,  vvliich  with 
ve  twenty-one  parishes  in  the  Stale.     Of  these  twcnty- 

on  this  road, 
us,   Shreveport   and    Alexandria,   are   intimately   related 
hich   is   one   of  their  main   trade   thoroughfares, 
as  one  of  their   home   institutions  and   one  of  their  val- 

New   Orleans,   where   it   has   lately   cxi)ended   approxi- 

nd   highly   improved    terminal   facilities. 

ank   of  the   Mississippi   at   a   point   nearly   opposite   the 

ocks  from  the  river-front,  it  has  built  the  most  costly, 

assenger  depot  in  the   South. 

thirty    city    blocks,    furnishing   ample    space    to    supply- 
New    Orleans,    the    great    gateway    to    the    Mississipjii 

itself  with  Louisiana,  by  the  wide  diverging  territory 
eople,   that   it   has   become   part   and   parcel   of   its  agri- 

ot  fail  to  realize  that  it  has  a  lield  for  development  and 
State. 

ealth  of  the  State  lays  right  in  its  path.  Its  coll- 
ection   in    the    entire    world. 

gth  of  the  State.  It  follows  closely  the  West  bank 
ntial  productive  power  than  any  other  river  valley  in 
rritory  the  valley  of  the  Red  River  and  the  .Atchafa- 
lie  main  line  of  the  Texas  and  Pacific  follows  closely 
ate,    wdiile    it    throws    out    its    branches    in    and    around 

ere    is    a    great    variet\'    of    other    good    lands,    such    as 
South    Louisiana   and   great   tracts   of  prairie   in   middle 

he   State   of   Louisiana   is   its   gas   and   oil.     The   Texas 

se   natural   gas   and   oil   fields. 

e   timber   ami    hardwood   preserves   and   in   the   Southern 

evelopment  of  the  fresh  water  fish  industry  of  the  Mis- 
her  undeveloped  resources  of  the  State  hemming  in 
pects  for  the  future.  With  its  own  projecting  lines 
here  and  there  to  its  rails,  what  future  may  be  not 
ana's   busiest   and   best   public   servants. 


104 


Till:  NHW  ORLEANS  RAILWAY  l\  LI(;HT  CO. 

'I'liis  C'ciMipaiiy  is  mu'  of  the  l)i>i  iiislilutidiis  cif  iln-  State  of  Louisiana,  being  the  largest  tax-payer  in 
the  State  and  also  has  the  largest  pay  roll  of  any  single  industry  in  the  State.  Operating  some  four  hundred 
and  forty  odd  passenger  cars  and  covering  over  two  hundred  and  seventeen  miles  of  trackage,  the  New  Or- 
leans Railway  &  Light  Company  furnish  a  street  railway  service  comparable  to  any  city  of  the  United 
States.  The  longest  ride  to  be  had  for  five  cents  is  over  seventeen  miles.  Transfers  are  furnished,  which, 
while  not  required  in  the  franchise,  are  issued  over  practically  all  of  the  lines.  The  day  and  night  service 
is  one  of  the  most  complete  in  the  entire  country  and  during  the  Mardi  Gras  festivities,  in  one  day  the  com- 
pany handles  over  live  hundred  thousand  passengers. 

The  rails  on  St.  Charles  ."Xvenue  weigh  110  pounds  and  are  said  to  be  the  heaviest  of  any  traction  ser- 
vice in  the  I'uited  States.  The  system  was  generally  electrified  in  189"),  and  the  old  Orleans  &  Carrollton 
Railroad,  which  is  a  part  of  the  system,  was  one  of  the  first  street  railways  operated  in  the  United  States, 
iihtaining  its  charter  to  do,  business  on  February  it,  18;i:i,  and  was  then  operated  by  steam  and  mule  power. 
The  first  experiments  made  in  .America  were  made  in  New  Orleans  by  the  Confederate  General  V.  T.  G. 
Beauregard  witli  the  Carrollton  road  on  upper  St.  Charles  .Avenue.  .A  unique  feature  of  the  service  of  the 
Company  is  that  all  cars  operated  in  the  city  run  on  or  across  the  main  street,  Canal,  and  for  eight  blocks 
in  the  business  section  every  intersecting  street  has  a  car  line  whicli  either  crosses  or  turns  into  Canal 
Street,  and  a  passenger  boarding  a  car  on  Canal  and  remaining  on  the  car  will  be  brought  back  to  its  original 
starting  point.  This  Company  paves  and  maintains  St.  Charles  .Avenue  from  Canal  to  Carrollton.  a  distance 
covering  seven  miles  and  also  paves  and  maintains  Jackson  .Avenue  from  St.  Charles  to  the  river.  The 
paving  is  not  only  between  rails,  but  extends  from  curb  to  curb,  and  as  a  result  the  Company  spends  thous- 
ands of  dollars  yearly  in  this  direction,  and  other  vehicular  traffic,  public  and  private,  reaps  the  benefit. 
The  Company  also  furnishes  gas  and  electricity  to  practically  the  entire  population  of  the  Parish  of  Orleans 
and  have  in  use  :i.l70  miles  of  gas  piping,  407  iniles  being  gas  mains  and  three  gas  plants  being  necessary 
in  the  business,  one  the  largest  gas  holders  in  the  South,  carrying  a  capacity  of  five  million  cubic  feet, 
besides  otlier  gas  holders,  the  total  being  8,000,000  cubic  feet  and  embracing  some  44,000  meters.  During  its 
thirty  years  of  service  this  Company  has  reduced  the  cost  of  gas  from  four  dollars  i)er  thousand  to  one 
dollar  per  thousand  cul)ic  feet,  and  in  some  cases  as  low  a  rate  as  eighty-five  cents  may  be  had,  according  to 
consumi)tion.  The  gas  franchises  of  the  Company  are  n(jt  only  perpetual,  but  exclusive  until  r.)2.'),  the  last 
named  feature  lieing  affirmed  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States. 

In  the  electric  branch  of  tlie  Company  are  used  some  4,44ii  miles  of  feed,  trolley  and  light  wires,  while 
eight  electric  power  i)lants  are  neeessar"  in  the  daily  operation  of  its  business,  including  some  twenty  thous- 
and electric  meters,  and  iii    \'.n:t  reduced  charges  in  this  department  by  approximately  twenty-five  per  cent. 

Tile  President  of  the  Company  is  D.  I).  Curran.  who  was  formerly  President  of  the  New  Orleans  & 
Northeastern  Railroad  and  is  still  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  that  Company.  Mr.  Curr.in  is  universally  liked 
by  the  tliirty-seven  hundred  employees  of  the  Company  and  is  one  of  the  solid  business  men  of  the  Crescent 
City.  Coming  from  the  ranks  himself,  immigrating  from  Ireland  when  a  young  man.  .Mr.  Curran  has  made 
a   recor<l   equalled    by   few. 

The  New  Orleans  Railway  &  Light  Company  is  one  of  the  constituent  of  the  several  railway.  light 
and  i)ower  companies  ojierated  by  the  .American  Cities  Company,  which  operate  gas,  electric  and  traction  com- 
panies in    New   ()rleans,    Hmiston.   Little   Rock.    Birmingham,  Memphis  and  Knoxville. 

Mr.  Matthew  S.  Sloan  is  General  Manager  of  the  New  Orleans  Company  and  is  surrounded  by  a  corps 
of  efficient  workers  vvlio  labor  unceasingly  with  a  single  eye  to  higher  efficiency  in  point  of  service  in  all 
de()artments. 


105 


INTERIOR  VIEW  OF  OUR  THREE  STORES 


UPPER   LEFT 

STORE    NO.    1 

CORNER  CAMP  AND  LAFAYETTE  STREET 


LOWER 

STORE  NO    3. 

LOBBY  OF  WHITNEY-CENTRAL  BANK  BLOG. 


UPPER    RIGHT 

STORE   NO    2 

LOBBY  OF  MAISON  BLANCHE  BLDG. 


Tlif  Coupon  Cigar  Stores,  with  its  Made  In  New  Orleans  goods,  fill  a  long  felt  want  in  tlie  Crescent 
City.  'I'here  are  three  of  these  stores,  one  located  at  Camp  &  Lafayette  streets,  another  at  the  Maison 
Blanche  Rnilding  and  a  third  at  the  Whitney-Central  I'.ank  liuilding.  liach  of  the  three  stores  give 
coupons  with  every  purchase,  good  fur  per  cent  in  trade.  When  your  purchases  have  reached  a  dollar  or 
more,  your  cmipfins  are  redeemable  for  .">  per  cent  in  trade  for  cigars,  cigarettes,  tobacco,  etc.  .'Ml  three 
stores  carry  a  full  line  of  magazines  and  weeklies,  and  fen-  their  Spanish  and  Mexican  trade  they  carry  a 
full  line  of  Spanisli  printed  newspapers  containing  all  the  latest  war  news  witli  particular  attention  given 
in  them  to  the  war  in  Mexico,  no  coupons,  however  are  given  uidi  nia.gazines,  weeklies  or  newspapers, 
this  feature  applying  only  to   the  trade  on   tobacco,  cigarettes    and    pipes,    etc. 

.Among  the  more  |)opular  kind  in  the  ten-cent  variety  may  he  found  tlie  LaBelle  Imperia.  Corona  de  J 
Barzana.  Conquest,  Alisa.  1-"1  Trelles,  while  in  the  nickle  kind  may  be  found  such  delightful  brands  as  the 
HI  I'erde,  I'd  Trelles,  Mino.  King's  Court,  Tango,  Nena.  Rex  Roy.  PA  Cubo,  I'"orget-Me-Not  and  Maison 
ISIanche    Specials. 

.\t  all  of  the  stores  may  be  found  a  \ariety  and  assortment  of  pii)es  t(i  suit  the  most  falideons  taste, 
Calabashes,  that  good,  cool,  imported  pijie;  the  Wellingtrm.  with  the  patented  bmvl  that  does  away  with  all 
nicotine;  the  old-style  genuine  corn-cob,  witli  a  hard  rubber  bit  attached,  and  Jimmy-Pipes.  .Mr.  .Mont- 
gomery Miller  is  tlie  President  and  General  Manager,  and  is  an  affable  and  pleasant  gentleman  witli  a 
host  of  friends  in  N'ew  <  )i-|t-ans.  .\ll  three  stores  do  a  big  business  in  lilling  the  wants  of  the  smoker's  of 
the  Crescent  City  anil  are  kept  busy  in  filling  their  out-of-town    orders. 


106 


Bird's  eve  view  of  tlie  plant  of  Penick  cS:  Ford,  Limited,  showing  Syrup  House,  Cold 
Storage  Plant".  Cooper  Shoi),  Power  House,  Car  Repair  Shop.  Warehouses,  immense  btor- 
affe  Tanks  and  Model  Can  Plant.  This  plant  is  located  on  tlie  Mississiiipi  Kiver  and  the 
largest  ocean-jfoin-  vessels  land  and  disoharf,-e  at  the  company's  own  vyharf. 

This  plant  is  the  largest  and  most  modern  of  its  kind  ni  the  world.  A  sheet  of  tin 
plate  is  fed  into  automatic  can  makin-  machinery  and  comes  cut  a  can  of  molasses,  sealed, 
labeled  boxed  and  nailed,  all  automatically.  ,,,„,,„        ,-u-         ■  i,„i,l 

The  principal  product  of  this  Company  is  VFA.VA  SYRUP,  which  is  a  household 
word  in  the  South,  but  this  Company  distributes  its  various  brands  of  canned  and  barrele.l 
molasses  throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  the  United  States. 

This  Company  is  the  largest  distributor  of  molasses  and  syrups  in  this  country. 


The  above  picture  is  the  entrance  to  the  Metairie  Cemetery,  New  Orleans,  La.  The 
management  of  the  Metairie  Cemetery  have  spent  a  good  deal  of  time  and  money  m  mak- 
ing of  Metairie  one  of  the  most  beautifully  attractive  burial  grounds  to  be  found  in  tlie 
United  States,  and  own  a  large  area  of  territory  which  aftords  to  the  man  of  moderate 
means  a  lot  at  a  reasonable  price  and  on  terms  to  suit  the  purchaser.  Every  courtesy  and 
facility  is  offered  its  patrons  and  being  non-sectarian,  a  number  of  prominent  Roman 
Catholic  families  have  their  burial  places  there,  as  well  as  other  religious  denominations. 
The  tourist  and  casual  visitor  to  New  Orleans  should  make  it  a  point  to  pay  a  visit  to 
Metairie  Cemetery,  which  is  one  of  the  sights  to  be  seen  when  on  a  trip  to  New  Orleans. 


107 


THE    HOTEL    BILOXI 

THE  HOTEL  BILOXI  "OverlonKiiiK  the  Culf,"  run  on  the  American  plan,  is  the  Ijest  hotel 
of  Biloxi,  Miss.,  which  city  is  one  of  the  attractive  resorts  of  the  (!ulf  Coast  and  is  the  lar<jest 
city  between  Mobile  and  New  Orleans  on  the  Louisville  and  Nashville  Railroad.  With  efficiency 
as  the  watchword,  the  manajjement  of  the  hotel  have  buit  up  a  larjje  clientele  amonK  Northern 
tourists,  having  their  own  artesian  well  and  tifteen  acres  of  palms,  pines,  live  oaks  and  magno- 
lias {jreen  all  winter,  and  the  finest  water  frontage  on  the  coast.  The  Hotel  is  steam  heated, 
has  hot  and  cold  water,  and  every  other  convenience  found  in  the  model  hotel  of  to-day.  A 
notable  feature  of  the  Hotel  and  its  service  is  their  superior  table  and  dining  room  service, 
while  all  guests  are  made  the  recipients  of  hundreds  of  little  attentions  that  make  them  feel  not 
only  at  home  but  among  friends  as  well,  and  when  the  Northern  visitor  leaves  Biloxi,  instead 
of  saying,  "I  stopped  at  a  hotel,"  he  cheerfully  states  that  "I  stopped  at  the  Hotel  Biloxi." 
Biloxi  is  both  a  summer  and  winter  resort,  for  the  thriving  orange  and  grape  fruit  orchards 
demonstrate  its  immunity  from  cold  weather,  while  the  constancy  of  the  Gulf  breezes  attract 
thousands  of  visitors  during  the  summer.  The  management  invites  correspondence  as  to  the 
many  attractions  to  be  had  at  Biloxi,  which  is  the  Atlantic  City  of  the  South. 


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Mexico  and  Honduras  direct  to  their  mill  and   yards  on  the  Mississippi  River 

at    the    head  of    Peters  Avenue. 
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BANKERS  LOAN  &  SnCURITlRS  COMIMW 


The  Capital  of  this  Comjjany  is  to  be  One  Million  Five  Hundred  Thou- 
sand Dollars,    in  shares,    par  value,   $100.00   each. 

The  i)urpose  of  the  Company  is  to  do  a  <^''eneral  mortyai^-e  loan  and  oond 
business  in  the  State  of  Louisiana,  dealing-  in  all  classes  of  mortgages  for  agri- 
cultural and  other  improvements. 

The  state  is  divided  into  twentv  districts,  each  having  a  district  bank-,  which 
bank,  or  an  officer  thereof,  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Com])anv. 

The  profits  of  the  Comijany  will  be  made  by  rediscounting  loans  and  mini- 
mizing the  expenses  of  making  loans,  which,  under  the  individual  investment 
system,   has  proven  one  cause  for  large  costs  in  such   transactions. 

Loans  will  be  made  on  a  basis  of  five  or  ten  years,  with  privilege  of  repaving 
on  more  convenient  terms  than  have  been  customary  in  this  state. 

While  the  basic  plans  of  operation  are  patterned  along  those  successfully 
utilized  by  many  of  the  large  loan  institutions  of  the  North,  a  number  of  new 
features  have  been  incorporated  in  the  plans  of  this  Company  which  will  reduce 
the  cost  of  doing  business  and  add   materially  to  the  j)r()fits  of  the  concern. 


ITS     KXh-CUTIVK    OFFICKKS    AKK: 


Jas.  L.  Wright.  President;  Leo  Fellman,  Vice-President,  in  charg-e  of  Citv 
Loan  Department;  Geo.  S.  Yerg-er,  Vice-President;  R.  A.  Kent,  Vice-President; 
O.  W.  McNeese,  Treasurer;  A.  P.  Perrin,  Vice-President,  in  charge  of  Live  Stock- 
Department;  Thos.  E.  Furlow,  Vice-President,  in  charge  of  Bond  Department; 
H.  M.  Feild,  Vice-President;  S.  R.  Yancey,    Secretarv. 


ADVISORY    OFFICIALS    OF    THE    COMPANY    ARE: 


Foster,  Milling,  Saal  &  Milling,  General  Counsel;  Marwick,  Mitchell,  Peat  & 
Co.,  Auditors;  Diboll  &  (Iwen,  Consulting  Architects;  J.  Frank  Coleman,  Con- 
sulting Engineer;  St.  D.  J.  Villere,  Stock  and  Bond  Broker. 


no 


3lu  ilfinortam 

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txhh  its  trilnttr  tu  tlir  mrmnrij  nf  frintiis  mlin  arr 
unui  nn  morr. 

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tltrir  kiiiMii  fares,  tbrir  timrx]  mnr^s  nf  nrrrtiuri. 
Sltrg  liaitr  snlnrii  tbr  mystrrif  nf  thr  Ifalhnt  nf 
i>iUnirp.  auiJ  tltr  lauit  tliat  is  just  briinuit.  dlu  Inuinij 
tribute  utr  liaur  uatbcrr^  rb^risb^^  mrmnrirs  au^ 
mnunt  tltrm  iutn  a  rba^jlrt  fasbinurii  nf  immnrtrllrs. 


Ill 


iA/11  1  lAM    DPRRV    BROWN    was  one  of  the  commercial   giants  ot  the   United   States 

v^^  rt^7,;i^^iJni.t;r^j>iirte'xr'^^^rt,.r^o°:iti;;;?;u^/''e.         . 

he   rose   from   a  clerkship   in   a   eonntry  ^-f"''/",^^;,™,  1,7^,'^ tot  onlv  of  the   I  m'!ed   States'. 

I  Continued  on  page  113) 


112 


WILLIAM    PERRY    BROW N— Continued    from    page    112 


brokerage  offices  in  that  city  about  ISOO.  The  matured  busi- 
noHs  man  gave  lo  the  New  Orleans  cotton  market  the  same 
concentrated  endeavor  which  ttie  ambitious  clerk  had  given 
to  general  merchandise  in  Columbus  and  it  was  not  long 
before  he  was  regarded  as  among  the  safest,  sanest  and  most 
reliable  cotton  brokers  in  the  whole  South.  Success  in  this 
branch  of  commerce  is  dependent,  first  of  all.  on  ability  as  it 
is  In  every  line,  but  the  confidence  of  one's  clients  or  patrons 
is  almost  eiiually  as  necessary.  And  this  Mr.  Ttrown  won  at 
the  start  and   kept   to  the  day  of  his  death,   October  5.   l'Jl-1. 

During  the  two  ciuituries  in  which  cotton  has  been  the 
chief  crop  of  the  southern  states  only  two  successful  "corners'* 
were  ever  made  and  both  of  these  were  accomplished  by  Mr. 
Brown.  His  mission  in  life  was  to  obtain  for  the  prodmer 
of  cotton  the  highest  possible  price.  He  had  observed  how 
during  many  years  the  cotton  growers  had  been  virtually 
swindled  of  millions  of  dollars  by  market  manipulators  who 
forced  the  iirice  of  cotton  down  to  such  a  figure  that  it  wa-^ 
ruinous  to  sell,  but  because  of  the  conditions  brought  about 
by  the  manipulators,  it  was  likewise  ruinous  to  retain  hold- 
ings of  the  staple 

When  Mr.  lirown  went  out  to  conquer  the  bears  he  was 
already  coming  into  prominence  and  many  regarded  him  as 
a  Sir  Galahad,  but  there  were  others  who  looked  upon  him 
as  a  Don  Quixote  who  was  doomed  to  certain  destruction. 
Even  some  of  his  well-wishers  feared  that  his  hazardou-^  un- 
dertaking would  mean  that  his  personal  fortune  would  be 
swept  aside  by  the  cruel  opposition  which  he  had  attacked 
singlcd-Iianded.  Whf  n  the  bears  were  put  to  flight  in  a 
brief  but  decisive  fight  the  world  of  trade  stood  agliast  and 
Mr.  Mrown  was  hailed  as  "The  Cotton  King."  a  title  which 
he   held    to   the   end   of   his   remarkably   useful    life. 

Hack  in  1002  the  spectacle  of  cotton  selling  at  five  cents 
a  pound  saddened  the  heart  of  Mr.  Brown.  He  saw  many 
of  his  friends  in  the  cotton  belt  being  crushed  by  the  bears. 
He  surveyed  the  situation  in  New  Orleans  but  came  to  the 
conclusion  that  the  real  enemies  of  the  planter  were  in  Wall 
street.  Gathering  a  valiant  little  band  about  him — they  in- 
cluded Frank  li.  Hayne.  T.  .1.  Majors  and  C.  C.  Cordill,  he 
marched  upon  New  York.  This  was  the  most  daring  under- 
taking ever  recorded  in  the  annals  of  the  cotton  market  of 
this   country. 

Reaching  New  York  the  quartette,  under  the  leadership 
of  Mr.  Brown  compelled  the  traders  to  deliver  what  they  had 
sold  and  in  a  spectacular  battle  in  which  wits  and  unlimited 
dollars  were  used,  sent  the  price  of  cotton  up  to  twelve  cents 
or  more  and  compelled  the  bears  to  cry  for  mercy.  Up  to 
that  time  the  New  York  traders  had  controlled  the  cotton 
markets  of  this  country,  but  their  defeat  marked  the  crip- 
pling  of   thier    power    forever. 

For  the  next  seven  or  eight  years.  largely  due  to  fear 
of  the  vigilant  eye  of  Mr.  Brown,  those  who  had  formerly 
throttled  the  cotton  grower,  gave  him  a  square  deal.  But 
in  the  latter  part  of  of  1909  the  enemy  grew  bold  again  and 
started  some  of  his  old  tactics :  Brown  promptly  accepted 
the  challenge.  This  time  he  surrounded  himself  with  Frank 
B.  Hayne.  Robert  M.  Thomson.  Eugene  Scales.  .James 
Patten  and  M.  Rotschiid  and  began  a  second  campaign 
in  Wall  street.  The  enemy  knew  this  time  that  he  was 
a  formidable  foe  and  they  prepared  for  him.  Thev  put  up 
a  determined  offensive  and  defensive  campaign,  'but  con- 
stant hammering  of  their  forces  by  Mr.  Brown  and  his 
associates  for  a  few  months,  made  them  retreat  thoroughly 
defeated.  That  was  six  years  ago  and  Mr.  Brown  has  beeii 
dead  nearly  two  years  but  there  has  neVer  been  any  revival 
of  a   war-like   spirit    in    the    camp   of   the    New    Yorkers. 

Leading  economists  of  the  United  States  agree  that  Mr 
Brown's  raising  of  cotton  in  1903  was  the  greatest  single 
boon  ever  bestowed  upon  the  South.  At  that  time  the 
southern  states  constituted  a  one-crop  section  and  that  one 
crop  was  cotton.  The  boll  weevil  had  made  no  appreciable 
in-roads  upon  the  plant  and  millions  of  people  below  the 
Mason  and  Dixon  Line  were  dependent  upon  the  staple  for 
a    livelihood. 

V,  A  Ju^  ^^'^''  °^  ^^^'^  ■^^^  "lean"  for  the  whole  nation  and 
nad  those  who  sent  cotton  down  to  five  cents  been  allowed 
to  continue  their  operations  the  South  would  have  faced 
the  greatest  crisis  since  the  days  of  the  Reconstruction  It 
IS  no  surprise  then  that  William  P.  Brown  is  regarded  as 
the  savior  of  part  of  the  country  and  counted  with  Robert 
K.    Lee.    Judah    P.    Benjamin    and   Jefferson    Davis. 

In  many  ways  Mr.  Brown's  memory  is  due  a  greater 
debt  trom  the  people  of  the  South  because  he  risked  more 
tha,n  anyone  else.  He  risked  his  all.  Had  he  failed:  had  his 
nrst  New   lork  campaign   been   nipped   in   the   bud— he   would 


have  been  forced  to  come  back  to  his  native  heath  penniless. 
He  would  have  been  forced  to  start  life  as  he  did  when  he 
entered  that  country  store  at  Columbus,  Miss.  Of  course  he 
probably  would  have  won  out  again,  but  nevertheless  he 
would  have  been  compelled  to  begin  at  Ihe  bottom  round  of 
the     ladder. 

Mr.  Brown  could  not  have  succeeded  in  his  cotton 
business  if  he  had  not  been  a  masterly  financier.  In  the 
early  90's  he  assisted  in  organizing  the  Southern  Trust 
and  Banking  Company  at  New  Orleans  and  later  to  form 
the  Union  National  Bank.  Also  he  assisted  in  consolidating 
these  two  big  institutions  into  what  is  now  the  IHbernia 
Bank  and  Trust  Company,  one  of  the  largest  banking  con- 
(■(•rns    in    the    United    States. 

Mr.  Brown  took  a  deep  interest  in  military  affairs  and 
was  a  born  soldier.  He  showed  his  capacity  as  a  fighter  in 
the  two  New  York  campaigns,  but  he  never  had  a  chance  to 
battle  for  the  defense  of  his  country.  .lust  before  he  left 
Columbus,  Miss.,  he  organized  and  was  captain  of  a  com- 
pany of  militia  which  was  counted  the  Ix^st  drilled  in  the 
Scmth.  Mr.  Brown  was  thorough  in  all  his  work.  Someone 
has  said  that  genius  is  the  capacity  for  taking  pains  and 
tliis  was  borne  out  in  Mr.  Brown's  instance.  He  drilled  hi*; 
company  night  and  day  and  it  came  to  be  regarded  as  a 
model   by  authorities   all  over  the  country. 

Mr.  Brown  as  "Cotton  King"  received  tlie  plaudits  of 
the  Soutli  and  of  that  part  of  the  world  whi<b  b<'Iieves  right 
should  triumph  but  it  was  in  his  home  life  that  he  found 
his  greatest  happiness.  On  December  27,  1894  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Marguerite  Braughn  of  New  Orleans.  Six 
children    blessed    the   union. 

William  Perry  Brown,  personally  and  in  a  business  way, 
represented  the  survival  of  the  Old  South.  His  business 
methods  were  modern— they  had  to  be  for  him  to  keep  pace 
with  the  intricate  branch  of  commerce  in  which  he  was  a 
leader.  But  in  his  fine  scruples  in  trade  there  was  some- 
thing remineseent  of  another  day.  Those  close  to  him  de- 
clare at  one  time  in  his  life,  even  after  he  had  been  accounted 
as  successful,  he  met  with  serious  reverses.  A  shrewd  coun- 
sellor who  knew  of  his  temporary  embarassment  pointed  out 
to  him  a  technical  loop-hole  whereby  he  could  escape  pay- 
ment  of   most  of  the  claims  against   him. 

"You  will  not  even  be  expected  to  pay  those  claims"  he 
was    told. 

"But  I  owe  them."  he  replied.  "And  Ull  pay  every  one 
of  them." 

And  he  did.  Not  only  did  he  pay  those  debts  within  a 
year  but  within  five  years  his  possessions  had  trebled  the 
figure  at  which  he  had  estimated  them  before  his  trouble  came. 
He  died  oiie  of   the  wealthiest   men   in   New   Orleans. 

Mr.  Brown  loved  the  South  and  its  people.  Several  times 
he  had  flattering  offers  to  go  to  New  York.  Wall  street 
could  have  made  good  use  of  his  splendid  powers.  Two  of  the 
eastern  metropolis"  biggest  banking  houses  sent  emmissaries 
down  to  New  Orleans  in  an  attempt  to  gain  his  services. 
One  of  the  concerns  offered  him  a  large  interest  and  a  fixed, 
princely  income  for  life,  but  he  never  even  gave  the  offers 
serious    consideration. 

"I  am  what  they  call  a  hill-billy,"  he  laughingly  told 
his  present  biographer,  five  or  six  years  ago.  "I  believe  I 
would  slowly  die  if  I  had  to  move  away  from  the  dear  old 
South.  I  want  the  magnolia  and  the  honeysuckle  around  nie 
— to  say  nothing  of  niggers  and  mules  and  if  I  went  to 
the  canyons  of  Wall  street  I'd  pine  away  even  if  1  made  a 
million    a    week." 

Mr.  Brown  had  the  biggest  kind  of  love  for  his  fellows, 
but  he  hated  sham  and  hypocricy.  He  never  made  acquaint- 
ances promiscuously.  He  never  affected  anything  even  re- 
motely resembling  dignity  but  he  impressed  one  as  being  a 
great  man  even  though  one  met  him  in  the  street  as  a  stranger. 

Mr.  Brown  was  practical  in  everything.  He  was  a  prac- 
tical Christian  and  a  practical  philanthropist.  He  was 
always  ready  to  extend  a  hand  to  the  suffering  and  needy 
but  he  always  made  sure  that  his  "contribution  reached  the 
person   or  persons   for  whom   it   was   intended. 

Two  years  ago  a  Warren  County.  Mississippi,  farmer  sug- 
gested that  the  people  of  the  South  erect  a  monument  to  the 
memory  of  Mr.  Brown,  after  his  death.  {This  was  during 
Mr.  Brown's  life-time.)  The  movement  found  favor  but  was 
not  formally  launched  because  Mr.  Brown  was  alive  at  that 
time  and  in  the  best  of  health.  One  of  the  Mississippi  editors 
proposed    the    following    epitaph: 

"In   ten   years  he   either  gave  or  saved  the 
South   two  billion  dollars." 

Some  day  that  moument  will  be  erected  and  the  epitaph 
will  carry  out  the  suggestion  of  the  editor. 


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JOHN     DIBERT. 


John  Dibert's  life  history  is  an  important  chapter  in 
the  chronicles  of  the  South's  development.  He  was  one  of 
the  sturdy  pioneers  whose  brains  and  energies  enabled  the 
Southern    States    to    come    into    their    own. 

Mr.  Dibert  died  .June  5,  1912  and  when  his  heart  stopped 
beating  finis  was  written  on  one  of  the  greatest  commercial 
careers  in   the  annals  of   Dixieland. 

It  was  back  in  1870  that  Mr.  Dibert  left  his  father's 
extensive  farm  lands  in  Ohio  and  cast  his  fortune  with  the 
Pelican  State  which  just  then  was  in  the  throes  of  the  Re- 
construction Period.  It  required  a  magnificent  faith  in  the 
future  of  Louisiana  for  Mr.  Dibert  to  remain  after  he  had 
seen  conditions  for  himself.  But  he  had  that  faith  and  he 
stayed  and  he  became  one  of  its  greatest  citizens  and  lived 
to  see  it  one  of  the  greatest  states  in   the  Union. 

While  still  a  very  young  man  Mr.  Dibert  was  one  of  the 
foremost  authorities  on  cypress  and  yellow  pine  in  this  country 
and  his  vast  knowledge  of  the  industry,  which  even  at  that 
time  was  important,  made  his  services  eagerly  sought.  He 
associated  himself  with  Lutcher  and  Moore  who  controlled  im- 
mense tracts  of  timber  in  Louisiana.  It  was  not  long  before  he 
bought  a  substantial  partnership  in  the  concern  and  it  ad- 
vanced with  great  strides  under  the  guidance  of  his  genius. 

Next  Mr.  Dibert  formed  the  firm  of  Dibert.  Stark  and 
Brown    which    bought    some    of    the    largest    forests    of    virgin 


timber  in  the  world.  Soon  his  company  controlled  twenty  of 
the  biggest  saw  mills  in  the  state  and  Mr.  Dibert  became 
J-nnwn  as  "The  Lumber  King,"  a  title  he  held  at  the  time 
of    his    death. 

At  the  time  Mr.  Dibert's  remarkable  career  came  to  a 
close  he  held  the  following  positions  in  the  world  of  com- 
merce :  president  of  Dibert.  Stark  and  Brown.  Donner.  La.  : 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  Lutt-her  and  Moore  Cypress  Com- 
pany. Lutcher.  La.  ;  vice-president  of  Lutcher  and  Moore  Lum- 
ber Company,  Orange.  Texas ;  vice-president.  Dibert.  Bancroft 
and  Ross,  foundry  and  machine  works.  New  Orleans;  president. 
Whitney  Iron  Works.  New  Orleans;  fir>t  vice-president  and 
director  Interstate  Trust  and  Banking  Company.  New  Orleans: 
director.  New  Orleans  Railway  Company;  director.  New 
Orleans  Casualty  Company  and  director  of  Southern  Cypress 
Manufacturers'    Association. 

Mr.  Dibert  took  a  great  interest  and  pride  in  the  progress 
of  New  Orleans  and  gave  generously  to  its  civic  and  social 
betterment.  He  was  likewise  a  philanthropist  and  gave  lib- 
erally to  many  charitable  institutions. 

When  Mr.  Dibert  died  he  left  his  big  estate  to  the  care 
of  his  widow  who  has  followed  the  business  methods  of  her 
husband  and  has  added  materially  to  the  wealth  placed  in  her 
charge.  She  is  a  director  in  the  bank  of  which  Mr.  Dibert 
was  vice-president. 


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EDWARD  WISNER,  -the  Father  of  l!.-<  Uinuitum.  was  .in.  dI  Li>UTsiiiiia  s  gn  alfst 
men  and  one  of  lier  greatest  benefactors.  He  was  the  first  man  to  develop,  or  reelaiin. 
Louisiana's  wet  lands  and  he  either  invested,  or  eaused  to  be  invested,  in  thi.-;  state  in  land, 
more  monev  than  any  other  person  in  the  history  of  the  state.      He  died   March  9.   IJlo. 

Mr  Wisner  had  always  had  an  infinite  faith  in  the  wet  lands  of  the  state.-  He  was 
the  first  to  realize  that  they  could  easily  be  converted  into  the  richest  land  in  the  TOUi'try 
for  agricultural  purposes.  He  succeeded  in  interesting  »<■  «-™».''y  ,f.""'^'f '"'''_, °f  '  ''"'';; 
and  as  a  result  they  bought  more  than  45.000  acres  of  land  in  this  state.  Thi=  led  to 
nianv   other    large    investments.  ,,•  ,•  iccn       t.,    i««« 

Mr  Wisner  was  born  on  his  fathers  farm  near  Athene.  Michigan.  mlSfaO.  In  ISSb. 
he  came  South  on  account  of  his  health  and  settled  in  Franklin  fan-li.  ^ "'""', ^°""'i^"f„ 
Two  years  later  he  established  a  bank  at  Delhi,  where  he  handled  timber  and  cotton,  boine 
y^ars  later  he  founded  the  town  of  Wisner.  He  was  the  first  to  obtain  large  racts  of 
timber  lands  and  at  the  same  time  he  bought  in  a  large  area  °'  ^^f ™P,  f  "''r^,^!''^^-.*^^! 
then  known  as  "trembling  prairies."  Often  he  was  ridiculed  for  buying  "»"  ^et  land=  but 
he  continued  until  he  had  acquired  more  than  a  million  acres.  Subsequently  he  brought 
scientists  to  the  s  a  e  and  the?  vindicated  his  belief  in  the  wonderful  fecundity  of  thej,o>l 
in  1911     Mr    Wisner  gave  the  city  of  New  Orleans  .'iO.OOO  acres  of  wet   lands  to  be  sold  tor 

"^^  Long'  befoit"'he  "died.  Mr.  Wisner  began  to  see  the  realization  of  his  dream-that 
I  ouisKn?  should  become  one  of  the  greatest  agricultural  states  in  the  union  with  many 
and  varied  crops  He  mav  be  said  to  have  added  about  40.000.000  acres  to  the  states 
a?ea.  Is  it  might  have  been  many  years  before  vast  tracts  of  wet  lands  would  have  been 
reclaimed  had   it  not  been  for  this  pioneer. 


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SAMUEL  B.  SNEATH  wa-  <Mir  of  the  makers  of  the 
New  South.  Uuiing  his  notably  useful  life  he  spent  a  large 
part  of  his  time  at  his  birth-phu-e,  Tiffin.  Ohio,  where  he 
had  large  interests,  but  New  Orleans  and  Louisiana  will  always 
claim   him   as   one  of  their  greatest  developers. 

Mr.  Sneath  died  January  7,  1915,  at  Pass  Christian, 
Miss.,  whither  he  had  gone  ten  days  before  in  the  hope  that 
the  gulf  breezes  would  restore  his  waning  health.  He  was 
8<j  years  old  at  the  time  his  last  sickness  came  upon  him, 
and  he  was  unable   to   rally. 

Mr.  Sneath  was  born  in  Ohio.  December  19,  1828.  His 
ancestors  came  to  America  before  the  Revolution  and  settled 
near  Wilmington,    Delaware. 

Mr.  Sneath,  even  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago,  believed 
in  New  Orleans  and  Louisiana  and  the  contiguous  territory 
and  he  invested  heavily  in  its  banking,  railroad  and  com- 
mercial ventures.  He  was  a  financier  of  great  poise  and 
splendid  judgment  and  his  advice  and  capital  were  substan- 
tial factors  in  the  growth  of  the  Interstate  Trust  aud  Bank- 
ing Company,  into  one  of  the  biggest  institutions  of  its  kind 
in    the   Southern    States. 

Mr.  Sneath  never  "took  chances."  His  investments  were 
never  made  except  after  careful,  personal  investigation. 
Fifteen  years  ago  he  foresaw  the  growth  that  has  been  the 
portion   of  New  Orleans   in   the  last  three  or   four  years,   and 


he  profited  by  helping  to  prtpait-  lur  tln'  present  trade  de- 
mands. 

Mr.  Sneath  was  either  a  stockholder  or  a  director  in  a 
score  of  corporations  and  he  won  the  confidence  of  his  fellows 
as  few  men  ever  do.  He  was  a  big  man  in  every  sense  of  the 
word.  He  thought  in  big  figures :  .when  he  be  went  into  a 
project  he  went  into  it  in  a  big  way  :  aud  the  results  he 
achieved  were  always  big.  He  could  have  gone  into  any  bank 
in  New  Orleans  at  any  time  he  lived  in  that  city  and  borrowed 
extensively  on  the  mere  nod  of  his  head  without  concrete 
security, — but  with  something  that  those  who  knew  him  held 
to    be   as   good    as   gold. — his   word. 

Mr.  Sneath  was  conservative,  but  his  conservatism  was 
not  of  the  brand  which  halts  progress.  He  never  dreamed — he 
wanted  to  know  precisely  what  lay  before  him  in  any  enter- 
prise he  undertook — and  once  he  knew  this  he  went  in  earn- 
estly   and    enthusiastically,    and    won. 

Mr.  Sneath  was  a  practical  philanthropist.  He  not  only 
extended  a  helping  hand  to  the  faltering  unfortunates  whom 
he  met  going  through  life,  but  he  gave  with  splendid  liber- 
ality to  homes  and  asylums  of  various  kinds  where  he  knew 
his  money  would  do  the  most  good  to  the  greatest  number. 

^^^len  he  died  Mr.  Sneath  left  the  distribution  of  his  for- 
tune to  his  widow,  a  business  woman  of  the  first  calibre  who 
has  managed  the  affairs  of  the  estate  in  just  such  a  way  as 
he  would  have  done  had  he  lived.  She  is  a  director  in  one 
of   the   banks   in    which    he   had   a   big   share. 


116 


OSCAR     L.     PUTNAM. 


In  reveiwing  the  business  history  of  New  Orlean:^  and  in 
considering  tliose  factors  wliit-h  liave  bad  to  do  with  the 
progress  and  advance  of  this  metropolis,  few  names  stand 
out  more  than  does  that  of  Oscar  L.  Putnam,  cotton  and  sugar 
broker  who   died   in   May,    1915. 

The  mature  years  of  this  man's  life  were  devoted  to  pro- 
mulgating wider  business  fields  in  which  the  whole  of  com- 
mercial   New   Orleans   had   a   share  of  value. 

Mr.  Putnam  was  born  in  Jackson,  Miss.,  and  was  still 
a  young  man  when  he  came  to  New  Orleans.  The  first  busi- 
ness house  with  which  he  became  connected  was  that  of  R.  E. 
Craig  and  Co..  cotton  factors.  With  this  bouse  be  learned 
every  detail  of  the  cotton  business  and  in  1S86  was  sufficiently 
competent  to  enter  an  establishment  of  bis  own.  The  firm 
of  Baldwin   and    Putnam    grew    into   being. 

The  enterprise  and  ability  of  Mr.  Putnam  expanded  the 
business  of  this  company  so  that  shortly  it  grew  into  a  larger 
establishment,  under  the  firm  name  of  Flower,  King  and 
Putnam. 

Putnam  and  King  succeeded  this  firm  and  finally  evoluted 
into  Putnam  and  Norman,  which,  in  spite  of  the  withdrawal 
of  Mr.  Norman  some  years  ago.  remained  the  firm's  name  at 
the  time   of   the   senior  member's   death. 

When  Mr.  Norman  withdrew,  Mr.  Putnam  associated  with 
himself   bis    nephew,    Oscar    Geren. 

But  it  was  not  alone  in  the  cotton  industry  that  Mr. 
Putnam  found  vent  for  bis  business  ability.  He  became  in- 
terested   in    Louisiana's   sugar    industry    and    before    his   death 


was  recognized  as  one  of  the  city's  big  men  in  this  phase  o£ 
commercial    activity.  *     u      v 

A  member,  and  "for  some  time  a  director  of  the  New 
Orleans  Cotton  Exchange,  he  became  a  member  as  well  of 
the  Louisiana  Sugar  and  Rice  Exchange.  Through  these  two 
bodies  be  weilded  a  large  influence  in  connection  with  de- 
velopment of   the   city's   and  the  state's  business   standing. 

The  live  stock  industry  claimed  a  part  of  his  interest 
and  Mr.  Putnam  acquired  several  plantations  upon  which  he 
worked  out  successfully  his  theories  of  live  stock  culture  and 
crop  diversification. 

It  is  a  fact  that  a  man  of  wide  business  interests  con- 
stantly finds  himself  confronted  by  opportunities  for  serving 
in  fields  still  wider  and  more  wide.  So.  in  Mr.  Putnam's  case. 
He  became  a  stockholder  and  director  in  the  Hibernia  Bank 
and  a  stockholder  and  director  in  the  D.  H.  Holmes  Com- 
panv.    Ltd. 

But  business  enterprises  were  not  bis  only  interests.  He 
was  a  leading  member  in  many  of  the  more  prominent  car- 
nival organizations  :  was  a  member  of  the  Boston  and  the 
Pickwick  Clubs  and  is  remembered  as  an  officer  in  one  of  the 
crack  regiments  of  the  old  Crescent  City  Rifles,  a  voluntary 
military  organization  of  the  latter  70's  which  aided  in  the 
reconstruction  work. 

Eleven  years  before  his  death  Mr.  Putnam  married  Miss 
Minnie  Shaw.      One  son  survives  with  the  widow. 

The  body  of  this  business  leader  is  buried  at  Pass  Chris- 
tian.   Miss. 

Mr.    Putnam   was   60   years   old   at   the   time  of  bis  death. 


117 


JOSEPH     SIMON 

Among  the  distinguished  citizens  of  New  Orleans  who  went  to  their  rest  in  the  last 
decade  the  name  of  Joseph  Simon  has  a  prominent  place.  He  was  a  merchant  prince  and 
philanthropist    and    died    .June    15,    1 910. 

Mr.  Simon  was  born  in  Groenstacht,  Germany  in  1824.  He  came  to  the  United  States 
while  a  young  man.  When  the  Civil  War  came  he  enlisted  and  served  vailianlly  with  Co. 
B.  commanded  by  Captain  G.  W.  West  and  also  Colonel  Girault's  regiment  of  Louisiana 
Volunteers.  He  was  discharged  at  Camp  Moore  and  was  mentioned  for  especial  bravery.  He 
deeply   prized   his   discharge   papers   and    always   carried   them    in    his    wallet. 

Mr.  Simon  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  organization  of  some  of  the  Jewish  bodies  of 
New  Orleans  which  are  the  pride  of  the  city,  state  and  South-  He  founded  the  wholesale  hat 
firm  of  Simon   and   Kohn.   which   aftrward  became  Kohn,   Weil   &  Co. 

Mr.  Simon  served  as  president  of  the  Hebrew  Benevolent  Association  :  he  was  a  charter 
member  of  Touro  Infirmary;  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Temple  Sinai;  and  was  a  big  figure 
in  the  Jewish   social    life  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Simon's  home  life  was  ideal.  In  18.51  he  was  married  to  Miss  Rosina  Labatt,  the 
sweetheart  of  his  boyhood  days.  He  was  survived  by  three  sons  and  four  daughters;  S.  L.  and 
David  live  in  New  York  and  Jacob  lives  in  New  Orleans  ;  Mrs.  E.  H.  Jacoby  lives  in  Mont- 
gomery :  Mrs.  Herman  Levy  and  Misses  Estelle  and  Cora  Simon  live  in  New  Orleans,  A 
sister,    Mrs.    David    Weil,    lives    in    Montgomery. 

Mr.  Simon  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  civic  life  of  New  Orleans  and  gave  much  of  his 
time  and  money  to  civic  betterment.  He  will  always  be  regarded  as  one  of  the  benefactors 
of  the  city.      He  was   a    life   long   Mason. 


118 


ROBERT     S.     (BOB)      LANDRY. 

Few  men  of  the  State  of  Louisiana  won  the  love  of  their  fellow  men  as  did  Robert  S. 
(Bob)  Landry,  who  was  clerk  of  the  House  of  Representatives  for  25  years  and  identified 
with  the  state's  affairs  for  35  years. 

Mr.  Landry  died  December  2.  1915  and  when  the  message  was  flashed  over  Louisiana 
that  he  was  dead  there  was  genuine  sorrow  in  every  parish  as  he  was  probably  the  state's 
most   widely   known   citizen. 

Mr.  Landry  was  55  years  old  when  he  died.  He  is  survived  by  his  widow  and  six 
childrtn. 

Mr.  Landry  was  easily  the  greatest  political  authority  in  Louisiana.  He  possessed  a 
wonderful  memory  and  he  had  a  ready  knowledge  of  every  political  event  in  the  last  half 
century.  He  was  not  a  partisan,  in  the  strict  sense  of  the  word.  He  supported  his  friends 
when  he  believed  their  cause  right  but  he  was  one  of  the  few  politician:^  who  had  the  con- 
fidence, esteem  and  support  of  all  factions  at  all  times  when  he  sought  any  office.  He  served 
as  secretary  of  the  Democratic  State  Central  Committee  for  12  years — up  to  1912.  and  from 
that  time  was  the  assistant  secretary.  He  almost  grew  up  in  the  house  of  Representatives, 
starting  out  as  a  page  boy;  then  a  committee  clerk:  then  on  the  desk  and  finally  as  clerk 
of  the  House.  He  could  have  been  clerk  of  the  House  50  years  more,  if  he  could  have  lived 
that   long,   his  friends  believe,  as  no  opposition  was  ever  offered  him. 

Mr.  Landry  was  assistant  secretary  of  the  Constitutional  Convention  in  1879,  and  secre- 
tary of  the  Convention   in   1S9S  and   1913. 

"Bob"  Landry  never  amassed  great  wealth  but  as  far  as  his  income  permitted  he  was 
a  philanthropist.  He  was  always  ready  to  help  a  faltering  brother  and  he  will  always  be 
accounted  among  the  great  and  good  men  of  the  state — not  in  having  accomplished  things 
which  bring  the  plaudits  of  the  masses,  but  great  in  the  things  which  counted  him  a  real  man. 


119 


JOSEPH  P.  FLORtO,  bom  iu  Venice,  Italy.  July  7,  1850.  Died  March  2.  1909.  Lived 
in  New  Orleans  for  3U  years,  followed  the  Stevedore  business  until  death  in  this  City,  did 
the  work  for  the  Texas  Trasport  Ai  Terminal  Company  for  10  years,  also  for  other  firms.  Was 
an  Elk,  Mason  and  belonged  to  other  associations.  The  firm  of  which  he  was  a  member  is 
still  in  business  under  same  title,  J.  P.  Florio  &  Co.,  and  is  carried  on  by  A.  J.  Buja.  his 
stepson. 


120 


We  invite  vour  Business  in  all  lines  oi  Bankinfjf. 

Whitney-Central  Banks 


NEW  ORLEANS.   I>A. 


Capital  and  Surplus,  $4,500,000 


JOHN  E.  BOUDKN,  Jk..  President 


THE 


Whitney-Central  National  Bank 

Solicits  vour  Business  in  all  lines  of  Commercial  Banking. 


FRANK  B.  WILLIAMS 
HARRY  T.   HOWARD 
J.  D.  O'KEEFE     - 
CHAS.  T.  BAISLEY 
MAURITZ  PYK 


Officers 

JOHN  E.  BOUDEN.  Jr.. 
■Vice-President 
Vice-President 
V  ice-President 
Vice-President 
Vice-President 

AND  THE 


President 

JNO.  B.  FERGUSON 

E.  H.  KEEP 

N.  E.  BERTEL      - 

N.  M.  WHITNEY 

S.  J.  McMAIN 


Cashier 
Assistant  Cashier 
Assistant  Cashier 
Assistant  Cashier 
Assistant  Cashier 


Whitney-Central  Trust  &  Savings  Bank 


Solicits  your  Savings  Accounts. 
Officers 


JOHN  E.  BOUDEN.  Jr. 
HARRY  T.  HOWARD 
FRANK  B.  WILLIAMS 
CR.\WFORD  H.  ELLIS 


President 
Vice-President 
Vice-President 
Vice-President 


H.  L.  FR.\NTZ 

ALBERT  BLOOM      - 

W.  W.  BOUDEN 

JNO.  L.  COUTURIER.  Ass't  Cashier  and  Trust  Officer 


Vice-President 

Vice-President 

Cashier 


Also  acts  as  Executor  of  Wills.  Administrators  of  Estates,  Transfer  Ajjent  fbr  Corporations.  Receivers  in 
Litigations,   Depositary  of  Court  Monies,  Guardian  of  Minors  and  in  trust  capacity  of  every  character. 


121 


rilBl'RNIA  BANK  AND  TRUST  COMPANY 

FOKTY-SIX    YKAKS    OF  CONTINUOUS   SKKVICK   AND  GKOWTH 

isTo  -  iQie 


CAF^lT-A.!^      5S1,500.000  SUTF^FT^OS     ^2.000. OOf^ 


MAFiOt-l      "tl-i,     IQie 


RESOURCES 

Loans  and    Discounts $10,782,782.31 

Cash  on   Hand  and  with  Banks 7,143,274.90 

Bonds  and    Stocks...    3,993,288.22 

Hibernia  Bank  Building 1,100,000.00 

Other  Real   Estate   -    - 42(., 324.78 

$23,445,670.21 

LIABILITIES 

Capital  and  Surplus S  3,500,000.00 

Undivided  Profits ..- 144,869.55 

Deposits   19,800,800.66 

$23,445,670.21 


OFFICERS 

JOHN   J.   GANNON President 

HUGH   McCLOSKEY Vice-President 

R.   W.  WILMOT ..Vice-President 

L.   M.   POOL Vice-President 

R.   S.  HECHT ...Vice-President 

CHAS.  PALFREY Cashier 

PAUL  VILLERE  Foreign  Exchang^e 

R.   JOS.   DRUHAN    .      Assistant  Cashier 

W.   B.   MACHADO Assistant  Cashier 

I.   L.   BOURGEOIS Assistant  Cashier 

P.   H.   WILKINSON Assistant  Bond  Officer 

L.   V.   DeGRUY... Assistant  Trust  Officer 

S.   I.  JAY Manager  Savings  Department 


DIRECTORS 


John  J.  Gannon 
Hugh  McCloskey 

R.    W.    WiLMOT 

L.  M.  Pool 
C.  E.  Allgeyer 
A.  Brittin 
C.  P.  Ellis 
John  T.  Gibbons 
Geo.  J.  Glover 


Frank  B.  Hayne 
Frank  L.  Levy 
C.  S.  Mathews 
Bernard  McCloskey 
J.  S.  Otis 
e.  overbeck 
Charles  Palfrey 
John  N.  Stewart 
Hugh  E.  Vincent 


Frederic  Wilbert 


■^Aci«cfc,T-ij,* 


■^'^^^'^m^i^lj^i^^m.j^^j^ 


BANANAS 

Cheapest  of  Pure  and  Nutritious  Foods 
Put  up  and  Sealed  by  Nature  in  a  Germ- 
Proof  Package 


FRUIT  DISPATCH 

COMPANY 
IMPORT  THE  BEST 


123 


KF"F"IdE^NC^V^     TMH>      XV  >^.  T  C  Fi  W  O  F2  ID 


THE  COSMOPOLITAN   HOTEL 


BOURBON    RESTAURANT 
124    BOURBON    STREE  I" 


ROYAL    CAFE 
121   ROYAL    STREET 


One-Half  Block  from  Canal 


A.  D.  STHWART,  Manager 


BiDDi,K  W.  Allen 


C.  J.  Kkiedrichs 


ALLEN  &  FRIHDRICHS 

Export  Freight  Handlers 
AND  Forwarders 

New  Orleans,  La. 


agencies 

NEW    YORK  KANSAS    CITY 

CHICAGO  GALVESTON 


Ca  le  Address  "FREDALL" 


Shipmenis  Handled  on  LoCAt.  ok  Through 

Bills  of  Lading  on  Quickest  Possile 

Dispatch  and  Lowest  Rates 


Charles  A.  Farwell  Ellen  R.  Farweli, 

MILLIKEN  &  FARWELL 

COTTON   FACTORS 

Germ  AN- American 

National   Bask    Building 

620  Canal  St. 


124 


Caribbean  (^^  Southern  Steamship  Co. 

INCOKPOKATKI) 

OWNERS,  AGENTS  AND  SHIP  BROKERS 
NEW  YORK   -   MOBILE    -    NEW  ORLEANS   -    CHICAGO 


New  Orleans  Mexican  Service 

New  Orleans  to  Progreso  direct,  sailings  about  everj-  ten  days. 

New  Orleans  to  River  Plate  Ports. 

Mobile  to  Leeward  and  Winward  Islands. 


PX>R  PTILL  INFORMATION  REGARDING  FREIGHT  RATES, 
CHARTERING,   Etc.,   APPLY  TO 

Caribbean  &  Southern  Steamship  Co.,  Inc. 

17  BATTERY  PLACE 
NEW  YORK 

MOBILE,  ALA.  NEW  ORLEANS,  LA.  CHICAGO,  ILL. 

City  Bank  Building  202  Canal  Bank  Bldg.  208  S.  La  Salle  Street 


Edenborn  Line 

Louisiana  Railway  and  Navi^-ation  Company 


SHREVEPORT  BATON  ROUGE 

ALEXANDRIA  NEW  ORLEANS 

Excellent  Passenger  Service 
Fast  Freisfht  Service 


J.  F.  MURDY,  C.   A.  E.   C.  D.  MARSHALL 

709  Gravier  St.  General  Passenger  Agent 

NEW  ORLEANS,  LA  SHREVEPORT,  LA. 


125 


THE  NOLA   FILM  COMPANY 


Established   1914 


HE  Nola  Film  Company,  only  film  producing  concern  per- 
manently operating  in  the  City  of  New  Orleans,  i-s  located 
on  tlie  old   Fourchy  estate  on  the  west  bank  of  picturesque 
Bayou  St.  Jolin  within  forty  rods  of  the  famous  duelling 
oaks  of  historic  City  Park. 

The  Nola  Company  owns  and  operates  a  studio  with  a  glass 
enclosed  stage  capable  of  accommodating  three  acting  companies. 
The  stage  is  equipped  with  the  latest  improved  panchroma  lights 
making  it  possible  to  work  by  night  as  well  as  by  day. 

Adjoining  the  stage  is  an  immense  property  room  and  a 
carpenter  shop  with  electrically  driven  machinery  capable  of  turn- 
ing out  the  most  delicate  cabinet  w  ork.  All  the  settings  used  on 
the  stages  are  made  here. 

The  laboratory  which  includes  developing,  drying  and 
printing  rooms  is  fully  equiped  with  the  paraphernalia  of  the  latest 
design. 

The  Nola  Film  Company  is  making  feature  dramatic  pro- 
ductions and  short  length  comedy  films,  and  is  also  doing  a  big 
volume  of  commercial  film  business. 

Capt.  William  J.  Hannon  is  President  and  General  Mana- 
ger of  the  Nola  Film  Company,  w  ith  offices  in  tlie  executive  build- 
ing of  the  Company  at  1347  Moss  Street. 


12" 


JOHN    McWlLLIAMS    FORD, 
Mavor,    Shreveport,    La. 

JOHN  McWlLLIAMS  FORD,  the  popular,  pro- 
gre.«isive  Mayor  of  Shreveport,  Loui.siana,  is 
the  son  of  Dr.  Tliomas  Griffin  and  Alice  (Mf- 
Williamsl  Ford,  and  a  native  of  Shreveport,  where 
he  was  born  on  February  15.  1.SS0.  After  attend- 
ing private  and  public  schools  for  the  acquire- 
ment of  the  rudiments  of  education.  Mr.  Ford, 
during  the  years  1S;)3-1S96,  attended  Sewanec 
Military  Academy,  soina.  in  1896,  to  University 
of  the  South.  Sewanee.  Tennes.see,  where  his  edu- 
cation was  completed  in  1S9S.  Upon  returning 
home.  Mr.  Ford  began  his  career  in  tlie  busine.ss 
world  through  tlie  medium  of  banking",  witli 
which  he  was  affiliated  until  1902.  The  four 
years  following  were  devoted  to  business  as  a 
merchant,  and  in  190()  he  tiroadened  operations 
to  include  wliolesale  grain  and  milling  activities. 
His  firm,  known  as  Kalmbach-Ford  Company. 
Ltd.,  became  one  of  tlie  widely  know'n  factors 
in  tlie  grain  and  mill  industry  of  north  Louisiana. 
Mr.  Ford's  capabilities,  however,  required  a  more 
exiiansive    field    for   operation,    and    found    a    con- 


genial outlet  in  civic  work.  In  November.  190S, 
lie  became  a  meml:>er  of  Slireveport's  City  Coun- 
cil, and  until  1910  was  one  of  the  most  active 
members  of  tliat  body.  In  1914  he  accepted 
office  witli  tlie  Police  .lury.  from  wliicli  he  re- 
tired in  ]91(i  to  ser\-c  as  a  member  of  the  State 
Legislature.  Sliortly  tliereafter  lie  was  elected 
Mayor  of  Slire\'eiiort.  and,  preferring  to  concen- 
trate his  capabilities  in  service  to  his  Iiome 
uiwn.  lie  accepted  tlie  office,  which  he  has  sinc^ 
tilled  with  unanimous  approval  of  Slireveport's 
entire  populace,  who  enthusiastically  re-elected 
liini  their  Ma.vor  for  a  four-year  term  in  191S. 
without    any    opposition    whatsoever. 

On  September  15.  19ns.  Mr.  Ford  and  Miss 
Mary  Pearce  were  united  in  marriage,  and  their 
home  is  a  rendezvous  for  much  of  Shreveporfs 
social  and  political  activities. 

Mr.  Ford  is  a  member  of  S.  A.  E.  College  Fra- 
ternity, a  popular  B.  P.  O.  E..  a  Scottish  Rite 
Mason,  Kniglit  Ti-mp?ar  and  Sliriner.  He  belongs 
to  Shievepoit  Rotary  and  Country  Clubs,  and  is 
considered  one  of  the  most  virile  and  capable  men 
of  north   Louisiana  and   the   State  generally. 


89 


Kppr':s  WAvi.Ks  broavne, 

I.awviT. 

^^i'i'KS  WAYLES  BROWNE.  Lawyer,  member 
rn  ft'  Louisiana  General  Assembly  and  promi- 
^^  nent  le^i.slator,  was  born  in  Lake  Provi- 
dence. Louisiana,  on  Aiisust  27.  ISTi).  He  is  the 
son  of  Benjamin  F.  and  Laura  Ella  Browne.  From 
hiKh  school  he  went  to  Louisiana  State  Univer- 
sity, where  he  reache<l  the  junior  class.  He  en- 
tered Tulane  Law  School,  .iiraduatini;  with  tlie 
class  of  1904  (May).  He  began  the  practice  of 
liis  legal  profession  at  once,  in  which  he  has 
attained  eminent  success.  He  was  appointed  l»y 
Governor  Hall  in  1912  Attorney  for  Tax  Collec- 
tion of  Cad<lo  F'arish.  Louisiana.  His  activities 
liave  always  been  vi.^orously  directed  toward 
moral  betterment  of  the  community.  In  1917  he 
was  elected  memlier  of  Louisiana  General  Assem- 
bly to  fill  the  unexpired  term  of  .John  McWil- 
liams  Ford,  the  prese.it  Mayor  of  Shreveport,  and 
at  once  championed  all  issues  retroactive  on  the 
morals  of  the  community,  lie  is  amon,^  the  most 
forceful  speakers  of  his  section,  and  presents 
ciuestions   to   the   public   with   a   concise  clearness. 


Mr.  Browne  has  also  been  remarkably  successful 
in  tlie  world  of  commerce.  Since  1912  he  has 
l)een  a  director  of  tlie  American  Xational  Rank 
of  Sbreveport.  He  is  President  of  the  Title  Guai- 
aiity  &  Securities  Comjiany.  and  also  of  the 
Queen  City  Realty  Comjjany.  anil  is  a  virile 
worker  for  ijenuine  dcveloi)ment  of  his  community 
and  Slate.  His  well-known  stability  easily  wins 
■A  powertui  followiii:^  for  any  unilertakin^  he 
beeomes  affiliated  witii.  and  lie  enjoys  the  confi- 
dence of  the  classes  and  likewise  of  the  masses, 
whose  interests  he  ne\er  oveiMooks.  Mr.  Browne 
"iiarried  Miss  Grace  Hall  Lani^.  dau.arhter  of  B.  W. 
1-ant;.  Clerk  of  Court  in  Harrison  County.  Texas. 
Tlieir  home  happiness  is  completed  by  the  pres- 
ence of  (Jiie  son,  E.  Wayles  Browne,  Jr.,  who.  at 
the  ai;e  of  two  year'^.  bad  a  vocabulary  of  over 
1.400  words.  Mr.  Browne  is  a  member  of  Amer- 
ican B.'ir  Association,  beloniis  to  Louisiana  Bar 
.Association,  beint;  Chairman  of  the  Committee 
of  llie  Slireveoort  Bar  Association.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  Elks  Loliic.  122.  and  in  every  way  one 
of  Louisiana's  most  active  and  progressive 
citizens. 


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MONROE 

OUACHITA   PARISH 


M(  IN  |,'(  )l'],  sitiiiilcd  in  Xortlienst  Tjoiiisiaiia,  has  a  ii(i[nilati(Jii  of  some  11.000  puople,  is  located  mi  tiie 
Ouarliiia    ii'iver.   with    straniliiiat   traffic  to   Xcw  Orleans.     The  frovernniciit  is  constructing  a  system 
nf  Idcks  and  dams  nn  this  river,  one  of  which,  at  Monroe,  is  completed,  and  the  two  below  seventy 
per  cent  conqileted.     'I'hr  appropriation  I'oi-  tlio  completion  of  these  two  dams  is  in  hand,  and  one  season 
of  h)\v  water  will  sulVicc  to  coiiiplele  (hem,  and   thus  insure  ri\('r  na\i,nalion  the  year  round. 

West  Monroe,  separalc(l  rr(im  ^foin'oc  hy  the  Ouachita  iiiver,  has  a  population  of  2,00(1,  its  own 
municipal  government,  excellent  systeins  of  wafei',  sewerage,  schools,  churches  and   fire  department. 

There  are  three  raili'oails  through  Monroe — the  \'icksburg,  >Shreveport  &  Pacific,  Missouri  Pacific, 
Iron  Mountain  and  its  hranches,  and  the  Arkansas,  Loiiisiana  it  Midland,  running  twenty  passenger  trains 
daily. 

Monroe  is  the  Jobbing  and  trade  center  of  a  rich  agricultural  country  for  a  distance  of  seventy- Sve 
miles  in  every  direction.  On  account  of  her  rivor  transportation,  ample  railroad  facilities,  cheap  freight 
rates,  with  500,000,(100  feet  of  oak,  gum  and  pine  timber  in  Ouachita  Parish.  Monroe  is  an  ideal  loca- 
tion for  manufacturing  plants,  especially  woodworking  plants.  A  box  factory,  veneer  plant,  chair  fac- 
tory, wagon  factory  and  furniture  factory  would  find  Monroe  an  ideal  site  on  account  of  raw  material, 
trade  location  and.  cheap  transportation  with  fuel  from  their  waste.  It  is  also  an  opportune  time  to  estab- 
lish in  Monroe  a  departnu'iit  store,  overall  factory,  wholesale  drug  company,  and  a  poultry  packing  plant, 
and  button  factory. 

The  city  owns  and  operates  its  water  system,  electric  lighting  plant,  and  street  car  system. 

Monroe  has  a  uni(pic  pleasure  resort  in  its  Eadia  Salt  Water  N"atatorium.  The  Natatorium  is 
owned  and  controlled  by  the  eit}',  the  salt  water  (;omiug  from  a  well  about  3,400  feet  in  depth,  the  result 
of  an  attempt  to  strike  oil  and  gas  during  the  year  1909.  After  reaching  a  depth  of  2,400  feet  the  salt 
water  rushed  in  and  drowned  the  well,  though  .some  gas  is  flowing  yet,  coming  up  with  the  salt  water, 
and  in  sufficient  quantity  to  run  heating  plants  for  the  shower  baths.  The  swimming  pool  is  200  x  400 
feet,  ranging  in  depth  from  one  to  twelve  feet.  The  flow  of  water  is  about  7,000  gallons  per  day,  insur- 
ing clean  water  at  all  times.    There  are  four  bath  houses  ample  to  accommodate  350  bathers. 

The  agricultural  lands  surrounding  Monroe  are  remarkably  rich;  a  sandy  loam  producing  large 
acreage  yields  of  cotton,  corn,  oats,  potatoes,  peas,  soy  beans,  and  hay.  The  long  growing  season  and 
ample  rainfall   (50  inches)   making  possible  two,  and  even  three  crops  in  one  year. 

Monroe  is  noted  for  its  fine  schools  and  churches  and  its  immunity  from  epidemic  diseases, 
cyclonic  and  seismic  disturbances.  It  has  never,  in  all  its  history,  bad  an  epidemic,  a  destructive  storm 
nor  an  earthquake.     It  is  an  ideal  place  to  live  and  prosper. 

A  $500,000  bond  issue  for  about  100  miles  of  good  roads  was  recently  voted  in  two  road  dis- 
tricts for  the  construction  of  roads  radiating  from  Monroe  north,  northeast,  east,  southeast,  and  south. 
These  roads  wall  give  easy  access  to  Monroe  to  farmers  fifteen  or  twenty  miles  distant,  making  fa:-m 
lands  in  the  vicinity  of  !^^onroe  more  attractive. 

'I'he  development  of  the  Monroe  Oil  and  Gas  Field,  twenty  miles  north  of  this  city,  has  given 
an  impetus  to  the  industrial  life  of  Monroe.  Several  Avells  have  produced  gas  in  large  quantities,  and 
gas  from  this  field  wnll  be  piped  to  Monroe  in  a  short  while.  Natural  gas  will  make  cheap  fuel  that  will 
be  attractive  to  manufacturing  enterprises,  and  the  added  attraction  of  river  navigation  will  lend  vigor 
to  the  industrial  life  of  Monroe. 

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ARTHUR  WASHINGTON   de  ROALDES, 

Surgeon — Humanitarian. 

-  Jf  RTHUR  WASHINGTON  de  ROALDES. 
^^  surgeon,  humanitarian,  veteran  of  tlie 
'— *»  Franco-Prussian  War  of  ISTU.  Com- 
mandeur  de  la  Legion  d'Honneur,  Commandeur 
of  the  papal  Order  of  Saint  Gregoire  le  Grand, 
Chevalier  of  the  Italian  Order  of  Saints  Maurice 
et  Lazare.  was  born  in  Opelousas,  Louisiana. 
January  liSth,  ls4:i.  Son  of  Abel  de  Roaldes,  M. 
D.  and  Coralie  Testas  de  Folmont  of  the  Depart- 
ment   du    Lot,    Fiance. 

Arthur  W.  de  Roaldes  was  a  grand  nephew  of 
General  Garrigues  de  Flaujac  of  St.  Landry 
Parish,  Louisiana  who  emigrated  to  Louisiana 
during  the  French  revolution,  bacame  later  State 
Senator,  luid  was  a  hero  of  the  battle  of  New 
Orleans,  specially  mentioned  in  the  official  re- 
port of  General  Jackson;  General  Garrigues  de 
Flaujac  was  credited  with  having  commanded  the 
battery  that  killed  Pakenham. 

Arthur  W.  de  Roaldes  was  educated  in  France 
by  the  Jesuits;  was  awarded  by  the  jury  of  the 
University  of  France  the  diploma  of  Bachelier- 
es-Lettres  in  1S65  and  of  Bachelier-es-Sciences 
in  '1866.  An  epidemic  of  choleia  having  closed 
the  schools  of  Paris  he  returned  to  America 
where  he  began  his  medical  studies  and  later 
became  interne  of  the  Charity  Hospital.  The 
Medical  Department  of  the  L'niveisity  of  Louisi- 
ana (now  Tulane)  conferred  upon  him"the  diploma 


of  doctor  in  1869,  after  which  he  continued  his 
medical  studies  in  France.  He  passed  his  last 
examination  before  the  Faculty  of  Paris,  by 
which  he  was  awarded  the  title  of  docteur  en 
medecine  in  l,S7(i.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Franco- 
IM'ussian  wai-  he  offered  his  services,  and  on  the 
recommendation  of  Professor  Nelaton  and  Dr. 
Marion  Sims,  was  appointed  Assistant  Aide- 
Ma.ior  of  the  6th  International  Ambulance.  At 
the  retreat  of  the  .5th  Army  Corps,  surprised  by 
the  Germans,  he  was  mentioned  in  the  Order  of 
the  Day  for  act  of  bravery  on  the  eve  of  the 
Battle  of  Sedan.  Not  only  did  he  .save  his 
.\mbulance  at  the  Battle  of  Beaumont-Mouzon, 
but  also  a  number  of  wounded  in  an  improvised 
hospital,  which  Piussian  guns  directed  at  a 
pontoon  behind  it,  had  set  flre  to,  for  which  he 
was  subsequently  made  Chevalier  de  la  Legion 
d'Honneur.  He  planted  the  Red  Cross  flag  on  the 
roof  of  the  burning  building,  which  forced  the 
Prussians,  in  respect  to  the  article  of  the  Con- 
vention of  Geneva,  to  change  the  direction  of 
their  firing.  The  following  day,  with  the  aid  of 
three  hospital  nurses,  in  the  heat  of  battle  he 
rescued  17  wounded  French  and  Germans  from  a 
burning  house  at  Bazeilles.  He  then  served  in 
the  Armee  de  la  Loire  until  the  end  of  the  war. 

Cte  de  Flavigny,  President  of  the  French  Red 
Cross,  appointed  Dr.  de  Roaldes  Surgeon-in-Chier 
at  the  outbreak  of  the  Commune,  and  he  organ- 
ized the  .\niliulance  of  ('haville  and  Ville  d'Avray, 

f^Continufd    on    patjc    'J8J 


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itUjinlited  from  page   97) 

acting:  under  the  orders  of  the  government  of 
Versailles.  The  Jled  Cross  Society  pi-esentcd  him 
with  (iatteriiiK  documents  expressing  its  thanks, 
as  well  as  with  the  .Surgical  Instruments  used  in 
his   Aml)ulaiu*e  during   the   Second   Siege  of   Paris. 

In  1S7^  he  retui-ned  to  New  Orleans  and  served 
as  Chief  of  Clinic  successively  to  Professors 
Itichardson  and  Logan.  At  different  periods  he 
WHS    visiting    Surgeon    at    the   Charity    Hospital. 

In  1JS76  for  reasons  of  health  he  went  to  Nice, 
J'^rance,  where  he  joined  the  Medical  Society  and 
practised  his  profession  during  the  winters, 
traveling  during   the  summer  on   tlie   continent. 

in  1 SSO  (Joveiiior  Wiltz  of  Jyouisiana.  offered 
him  the  i)osilion  of  Suigcon  in  Chief  of  the 
Charity  Hosi>ital  which  he  accepted,  and  i-eturned 
to  New  (.>rleatis  to  assume  its  diiection.  The 
l^oard  of  Administration  at  the  head  of  which 
was  Doctor  ilnlliday,  seconded  Dr.  de  Koaldes 
unsuccessful  cltort  to  intioduce  traine<i  nurses 
into  the  Cliaiity  Hospital.  It  was  not  until  ten 
j'ears  later  that  a  sul)s<M)uent  administration  ac- 
cepted the  reform.  louring  liis  term  as  Surgeon 
in  Chief  he  suggested  and  pi-esented  plans  for  an 
ambulance  service,  which  were  also  carried  out 
by  a  successor. 

From  1887-1889  he  devoted  himself  to  special 
study  of  diseases  of  the  Ear,  Nose,  Throat  ami 
('hest.  visiting  for  that  puri)ose  during  Spring 
and  Summer  the  principal  clinics  of  Europe. 
Aided  by  charitable  citizens,  he  founded  in  1SS9 
the  Eye,  Ear,  Nose  and  Throat  Hospital  with 
Mr.  William  B.  Schmidt,  as  its  first  piesident, 
and  of  which  he  became  Surgeon  in  Chief.  He 
held    this    position    until    his    death. 

In  1S90  he  was  elected  to  the  Chair  of  Oto- 
laryngology in  the  Faculty  of  the  New  Orleans 
Polyclinic  (now  Tulane  Post-Graduate  School 
of  Medicine.J  He  took  part  in  1890  In  the  Inter- 
national Congress  of  Berlin  and  became  Corre- 
sponding Member  of  la  Societe  Francaise  d'Otolo- 
gie  de  Ithinologie  et  de  Laryngologie;  Vice-Presi- 
dent Louisiana  State  Medical  Society  in  1892; 
in  1898  was  president  of  the  Orleans  Parish 
Medical  Society;  president  New  Orleans  Diph- 
theria Antitoxin  Commission  in  1894;  Fellow  of 
the  American  Laryngological  Association,  and 
delegate  from  it  to  the  Ijaryngological  Associa- 
tion of  England,  and  to  the  .^th  International 
Otological  Congress  1895  held  in  Florence.  Italy. 
At  this  Congress  he  was  chosen  a  meml^er  of  the 
Organization  Committee  of  the  next  International 
Congress  to  be  held  in  London  in  1899.  Mem- 
ber of  International  Congress  in  Roine  in  1S94. 
Paris.  1900,  Member  of  American  Committee 
of  Seventh  Otological  Congress  in  1904  at 
Bordeaux.  He  collaborated  in  several  medi- 
cal journals  in  America  and  in  Europe.  He 
was  Fellow  of  the  American  College  of  Surgeons, 
and  Member  of  Institute  of  Social  Sciences.  His 
graduation  thesis  on  "Bes  fractures  du  Femur 
par  armes  a  Feu,"  received  honorable  mention 
by  the  Faculty  of  Paris.  Among  his  writings  on 
medical    themes    are: 

■'A  Case  of  Atresia  Laryngis  from  Catarrhal 
Laryngitis,  with  presentation  of  Patient  followed 
by   Intubation;"    1891. 

"The  Electrical  Department  of  the  Eye.  Ear, 
Nose  and  Throat  Hospital  of  New  Orleans;"  1893. 

"Adenoid  Growths  of  the  Naso- Pharynx  and 
their    Treatment;"    1893. 

"An  improved  Motor-Dynamo  and  Electrical 
Cabinet;"    1S94. 

"Bromide  of  Ethyl  as  an  Anaesthetic  in  Oto- 
Laryngological    Practice;"    1894. 

"A  Case  of  Foreign  Body  (gold  coin)  Engaged 
in    the   Ventrides   of  the    Larynx;"    1894. 


"A  Ca.se  of  f'ompound  Follicula  Odontoma  in- 
vading the  Kight  Anteum  of  Highmore  and 
obstructing  the  Corresponding  Nasal  Fossa;" 
1894. 

"The  Differential  Diagnosis  between  Diphtheria 
and  other  Diphtheroid  (Psendo  Membranous)  In- 
flammations of  the  Upper  Air  Passages  can  only 
be  positively  established  in  doubtful  cases  by  the 
presence    of    the    Ivlebs-LoelTler    Jiacilus;"    1894. 

"Notes    on    Diphtlieria    Antitoxine,"    ]89r). 

"Itepoit  of  the  Dii)htheria  Antitoxin  Commis- 
sion   of    New   (Jrleans;"    1S94-1895. 

"Nciti's  Preliminaries  sur  (lualques  unes  des 
I>;irlienlarites    du    Negre    en    Otologie."    1896. 

"Ftcjjort  of  a  case  of  Incomplete  Fracture  of 
the  Left  Corina  of  the  Thyroid  Cartilage,  result- 
ing  fr<nn    Self-lnllicted   Violence;"    1897. 

"A  Remarkable  Case  of  KiI)ro-Chondroma  of 
Branchial  Origin  (Pharyngeal  Teratoma),  re- 
moved from  the  Throat  of  an  Infant  Six  Weeks 
Old."    18;)7. 

"lieport  of  a  few  Cases  of  Chronic  Empyema 
of  the  Antrum  of  Highmore;  operation  by  the 
Caldwell-Luc   Method,"   1900. 

"Management  of  Foreign  Bodies  in  the  Air 
Passages;"    1900,   etc. 

In  1903  the  French  Government,  in  considera- 
tion of  his  scientific  works  and  of  his  Fijunda- 
tion   made  him  Officer  of  the   Legion   d'Honneur. 

A  short  while  after,  he  was  awarded  at  a  i)ub- 
lic  ceremony  by  a  committee  of  the  Progressive 
Union,  the  Picayune  "Boving  Cup,"  an  honor 
conferred  upon  the  one  recognized  by  the  citizens 
of  New  Orleans  as  having  rendered  the  greatest 
service   during    the   year   for   the    public    benefit. 

Subsequently,  France  rewarded  the  gratuitous 
services  rendered  her  indigent  sick  by  his  hospital 
foundation  by  sending  it  a  magnificent  Vase  de 
Sevres  of  heroic  size,  example  that  was  followed 
by  the  governments  of  Italy,  Russia,  Germany, 
and  Spain  with  artistic  gifts  to  the  same  insti- 
tution in  appreciation  of  medical  attention  given 
their    respective    poor. 

In  1906  lie  raised  a  large  sum  of  money  with 
which  was  constructed  the  new  clinic  of  the  Eye, 
Ear,  Nose  and  Throat  Hospital,  of  which  the  in- 
auguration took  place  February  2::;nd.  1908.  In  the 
same  year  he  was  raised  by  the  government  to 
the  grade  of  Commandeur  de  la  Begion  d" 
Honneur. 

In  1907,  he  presided  over  the  meeting  in 
Washington  of  the  American  Laryngological 
Association. 

In  1896  Doctoi-  de  Roaldes  lost  his  sight  at 
the  zenith  of  his  professional  career.  Undauntecl 
l)y  his  misfortune  that  would  have  forced  many 
;tnothei-  into  inactivity,  he  courageously  con- 
tinued, handicapped  as  he  was.  with  the  help  of 
competent  partners  and  assistants  the  success- 
ful administration  for  1.')  years  of  his  hospital 
foundation  and  his  office  practice  until  invalidism 
seven  years  before  his  death  confined  him  to  his 
home.  It  was  a  cruel  irony  of  fate  that  one  who 
h^A  founded  a  hospital  for  the  relief  of  eye 
cases  should  himself  have  been  stricken  with 
blindness.  He  died  June  12th.  1918.  Doctor  de 
Hoaides    was   a   devout    Catholic. 

He  mari-ied  in  1874  Baura  Pandely  who  died 
in  1S75.  In  1885  he  married  Annie  E.  Miller, 
daughter  of  Justice  Henry  C.  Miller  of  the 
Supreme    Court    of    Louisiana. 

He  was  well  known  for  his  genial  disposition, 
hospitality,  his  power  of  making  and  keeping 
fj'iends.    and    his    kindliness    to    the    poor. 

Active  membei-  for  many  years  of  the  Orleans 
Palish  Medical  Society,  Louisiana  State  Medical 
Society,  and  of  the  American  Laryngological  As- 
sociation, when  sickness  necessitated  his  retire- 
ment, he  was  put  on  the  list  of  Honorary  Mem- 
bers. 


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CITART.ES    ALl'lIc  JN/.i  1      l''A  l;  \\  KM. 
Tlusiness   Man,   Sugar  Factor,   Philanthropist. 

GHARLES  ALPHONZO  FARWELL.  an  ifleal- 
i.stic  spirit,  a  mind  of  unusual  brilliancy 
and  an  executive  skill  that  proceeded  with 
uninterrupted  assurance  to  the  accomplish- 
ment of  the  designed  ends  easily  appointed  the 
late  Charles  Alphonzo  Farwell  a  leader  of  the 
more  difficult  and  hazardous  combats  that  de- 
velope  in  the  growth  of  a  community  populated 
by  so  widely  diverse  nationalities  and  actuated  by 
stich  conflicting  aims  as  are  characteristic  of 
New  Orleans.  His  contribution  to  the  commercial 
strength  of  the  city  was  notable.  Grounded  in 
the  knowledge  obtained  b.\'  personal  contact  with 
the  problems  of  management  of  large  plantations, 
during  his  career  in  that  capacity  on  the  planta- 
tion of  his  uncle,  Richard  Milliken,  Mr.  Farwell 
entered  the  office  of  the  former  in  New  Orleans 
but  soon  became  a  partnei-  of  the  business  which 
as  Milliken  &  Farwell  was  one  of  the  leading 
factors  in  the  sugar  producing  and  selling  in- 
dustry of  the  south.  Mr,  Farwell  attained 
special  eminence  in  connection  w'ith  his  work  in 
behalf  of  protection  of  American  industries.  His 
■  wide  knowledge  of  tariff  laws  in  their  relation 
'to  the  sugar  industry  thiust  upon  his  shoulders 
the  welghtest  work  for  the  preservation  of  this 
most  important  Louisiana  product.  When  the 
American  Cane  Glowers'  Assn.  was  organized  in 
1896,  Mr.  B''arwell  was  elected  its  President.  He 
affiliated  his  organization  with  the  .\merican 
Beet    Sugar    Assn.    and    within    a    month    visited 


W  a.^iiingti.iii.  siippiirtt'l  h\'  a  coninuttee  of  staunch 
adherents  to  the  i)rotective  policy  on  sugar. 
There  under  abnoi'inal  difficulties  Mr.  Farwell 
and  his  associates  were  instrumental  in  abetting 
the  introduction  of  the  famous  Dingley  Bill  into 
<'ongress,  which  after  much  opposition  was  final- 
ly signed  by  President  McKinle.v.  Mr.  Farwell's 
acti\'ity  in  behalf  of  sugar  continued  unabated, 
and  at  tlie  time  of  his  decease  he  was  President 
of   tlie   American   Protective   Tariff   League. 

Charles  Alphonzo  Farwell  waJs  the  son  of 
Charles  A.  and  Martha  Blair  Farwell,  born  in 
New  Orleans  in  November,  1S61).  A  part  of  his 
boyhood  days  were  spent  at  his  father's  old 
home  in  Rockland,  Maine  in  the  acquirement  of 
rudimentary  education.  He  returned  to  New- 
Orleans  and  completed  education  through  a  pi'i- 
vate  school. 

Despite  the  vast  import  of  his  public  life,  it 
was  as  a  private  citizen  that  Mr.  Farwell  dis- 
played the  most  notable  characteristics.  His 
cliarity  was  wide,  generous  and  unobtrusive.  As 
a  friend  and  benefactor  of  the  Charity  Hospital 
he  devoted  much  time  during  his  later  years  to 
the  management  of  the  affairs  of  that  institu- 
tion. Largely  through  his  interest  therein,  his 
aunt.  Mrs.  Deborah  Milliken.  contributed  several 
hundred  thousand  dollars  for  the  erection  of  the 
Milliken  Memorial  Building  of  Charity  Hospital 
which  augmented  its  facilities  in  such  a  marked 
degree.     Mr.  Farwell  was  a  man  of  culture  whose 

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CAPTAIN    PENDLETON    S.  . -M 


UIMS. 


Rusiness    Man,    PliilanthroiJii^t. 

a  ATTAIN  PENDLETON  S.  MOKRIS.  P.usi- 
ness  man,  Philanthropist  and  IiJealist. 
whose  thirty-six  years  of  activity  in  all 
mattf'rs  appertaining  to  the  best  development  of 
the  South  have  impressed  the  history  of  progress 
of  the  best  interests  of  that  section  of  the 
country  in  a  most  vital  manner,  was  born  in 
Frankfort,  Kentucivy  on  December  31st.  ISfiS.  He 
was  the  son  of  H.irry  Innis  Morris  and  Ann 
Stewart  Morris,  native  Kentuckians.  and  Is  born 
of  those  families  who  place  ideals  high  in  their 
family  life.  His  ancestors,  through  the  paternal 
and  also  the  maternal  line,  were  factors  of  de- 
velopment through  colonial  a-lid  revolutionary 
times  to  date.  Througli  the  maternal  line,  Mr. 
Morris  was  decended  from  the  Stewarts  of 
Virginia,  one  of  whom  was  a  distinguished  and 
brave  member  of  Washington's  army  during  the 
French  and  Indian  wars.  Another  distinguished 
ancestor,  of  the  maternal  line,  was  Commodore 
Richard  Taylor,  first  cousin  of  Col.  Richard 
Taylor,  father  of  President  Zachary  Taylor. 
Througli  his  father,  Mr.  Morris  was  descended 
from  the  Morris's  of  Louisa  County,  Virginia: 
likewise  from  Judge  Harry  Innis.  a  noted  Jurist 
of  Kentucky  and  Virginia,  at  one  time  Attorney 
General  of  the  District  of  Kentucky  and  until 
his  death  Judge  of  the  U.  S.  District  Court. 
Autliorities  estimated  .ludge  Innis  the  coinpeer 
of   Patrick    Henry    in    eloquence    and    his    superior 


ih  titta  iti  nient.s.  I'lie  former  refused  the  office  of 
Chief  .Justice  of  the  I'^nitcd  States.  He  married 
KIi/'al»elh  (^allaway,  daughter  of  Col.  James  Calla- 
way of  Virginia,  who  fought  in  the  French  and 
Inilian  wars  and  was  a  Colonel  in  the  Revolution- 
ary  war. 

Their  descendant,  Capt.  T*endleton  S.  Morris, 
spent  a  happy  youth  in  his  native  town  of  Fi-ank- 
fort,  and  entered  the  comjiiercial  arena  in  1SS2 
as  an  employe  of  the  Chess-Carley  Oil  Company 
in  Louisville,  Ky.  His  entire  business  life  was 
devoted  to  oil  interests.  He  remained  with  the 
Chess-Carley  Comp.iny  until  the  Standard  oil  Co. 
absorbed  it,  since  which  date  he  has  been  an  able 
official  of  the  latter  concern  whose  interests  he 
represented  in  Louisiana  since  September,  1897. 
Capt.  Morris  actively  participated  in  every  move- 
ment for  the  highest  civic  development  of  his 
resident  community.  He  was  President  of  the 
New  Orleans  Assn.  of  Commerce.  Vice-Chairman 
of  the  New  Orleans  Red  Cross  and  Cli  lirman  of 
Draft  Board  No.  LS.  Representing  the  most  ex- 
clusive socially,  he  was  President  of  Pickwick 
Club  of  New  Orleans,  a  delightful  host  and  an 
especially  charming  companion  to  those  who  en- 
joyed his  friendship.  In  chuich  matters  he  was 
foremost,  being  a  regular  attendant  at  Trinity 
Episcopal  Church  and.  unlike  the  multitude, 
practiced  his  religious  beliefs  in  his  daily  deal- 
ings with  the  world.  He  was  never  heard  to 
speak  unkindly  of  anyone,  he  gave  liberally  of  his 

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Wn.I.TAM    I'ATKICK   BURKE. 
Business  Man. 

-^^pr  ILLIAM  PATRICK  BURKE  was  the 
^ w  1  eldest  son  of  Nicholas  BurUe  and  Eliza- 
vA/  beth  Hanton,  and  was  born  in  New  Or- 
leans on  the  14th  of  January,  ISfiS.  During  his 
early  years  he  attended  the  parochial  schools  and 
was  later  a  student  at  the  College  of  the  Im- 
maculate Conception  from  which  he  graduated  in 
ISSl    with  distinguished    honors. 

Immediately  after  i^raduating  he  entered  the 
business  world  as  a  cleik  of  Nicholas  Burke 
Company,  Limited.  Wholesale  Grocers  and  Im- 
porters, of  which  his  father  was  President.  His 
zealous  attention  to  duty,  his  affability,  and  his 
strong  and  noble  character  soon  won  for  him 
pr(tmotion,  and  in  1S92  he  was  made  Vice-Presi- 
dent of  the  Mrm.  a  position  which  he  held  until 
his  father's  dealli  in  l!to4.  j^ince  which  time  he  h-j.s 
been  The  :icting  President  and  Directing  Genius 
of  the  Institution,  although  he  steadfastly  re- 
fused to  accept  the  higher  title  out  of  defeience 
to    his    fathei's    memory. 

In  January,  1906  Mi-.  Burke  helped  to  organize 
the  German-Ameiican  Savings  Bank  and  Trust 
Company,  of  which  he  was  immediately  elected 
•President.  During  his  administration  the  Bank, 
small  at  first,  grew  rapidly,  and  was  soon 
reckoned  among  the  most  successful  institutions 
of  its  kind  in  the  state.  Later,  in  .lanuary,  1914, 
when  this  bank  merged  with  the  Canal-Louisiana 
Bank  and  Trust  (^ompany  and  the  Gcrman-.Ameri- 
can   National   Bank,   in   recognition  of  his   faithful 


ser\ices.  his  sterling  honest \".  and  business  acu- 
men, Mr.  Burke  was  elected  Chairman  of  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  the  new  Ijank.  a  position 
carrying  with  it  even  more  responsibility  than 
that   of   President. 

In  1915  his  sound  business  methods,  strict 
veracity,  and  uncompromising  adherence  to  his 
ideals  had  won  for  him  a  universal,  reputation, 
and  he  was  selected  as  on©  of  the  foremost  busi- 
ness men  of  the  city  to  act  as  a  director  of  the 
Liverpool  &  London  &  Globe  Insurance  Company, 
a  widely  coveted  honor.  He  was  also  a  director 
of  the  Southern  Railway  System,  and  a  few  years 
earlier  had  been  a  director  of  D.  H.  Holmes  Com- 
l)any.    Limited. 

Besides  the  more  businesslike  side  of  his  nature 
he  exhibited  at  all  times  a  most  considerate,  un- 
seltish  and  self-.sacrificing  trend  of  character  which 
knew  no  limit  in  the  service  of  his  friends,  and 
which  made  him  universally  beloved  by  all  those 
with  whom  he  came  into  contact.  His  popularity 
with  his  associates  is  evidenced  by  the  number 
and  quality  of  the  clubs  and  organizations  to 
which  he  belonged.  Among  these  were  the  fol- 
lowing: President.  Club  on  Wheels;  Member  of 
the  Governing  Board  of  the  Boston  Club;  Life 
Member  of  the  Pickwick  Club:  Member  of  the 
Governing  Board  of  the  Audubon  Golf  Club; 
Member  of  the  following  clubs:  Louisiana.  Chess. 
Checlcers  and  Whist,  Stratford,  and  of  the  South- 
ern Yacht   Club,   Pass  Christian   Yacht   club.   New 

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JOHN    NEAVTON    PHARR, 
Sugar    Plantei". 

JOHN  NEWTON  PHARR  was  born  in  North 
Carolina  of  Revolutionary  ancestry,  March 
19.  1S39.  His  father  was  a  cotton  planter. 
The  family  moved  to  Tennessee  and  thence  to 
Mississippi,  and  ut  the  age  of  20,  while  living 
in  Mississippi,  his  attention  was  called  to  the 
Louisiana  paper  shell  pecan,  and  upon  inquiry 
he  learned  that  they  were  grown  on  Bayou  Teche. 
He  was  told  also  that  the  Teche  country  pro- 
duced marvekius  crops,  and  resolved  at  once  "to 
spy  out  the  land."  He  arrived  in  St.  Mary's 
Parish  in  1S50.  and  immediately  set  to  work  with 
his  extraordhiary  energy  and  ability,  and  at  the 
outbreak  of  the  war  was  the  owner  of  a  con- 
siderable amount  of  property  and  a  number  of 
slaves.  He  served  throughout  the  period  of  the 
war  as  a  Confederate  soldier  and  started  afresh 
at  its  close  to  rebuild  his  fortunes.  He  became 
interested  in  sugar  plantations,  steamboats,  tim- 
ber lands,  and  saw  mills,  and  at  the  time  of 
his  death  he  was  the  largest  individual  owner 
of  sugar  properties  in  the  State.  Mr.  Pharr  was 
a  man  of  unusual  force  of  character,  and  his 
name  was  synonymous  with  integrity  and  honor, 
and  his  word  was  his  bond.  In  1S6S  he  married 
Miss  Henriette  Andrus  of  Opelousas  and  there- 
after became  associated  with  the  Methodist 
Kpiscopal  Church,  the  Sunday  School  and  the 
cause  of  prohibition.  Three  sons,  John  Andrus, 
Henry  Newton  ancl  Eugene  Albertus,  are  the 
present  representatives  of  the  family  in  Louisi- 
ana,   holding    intact,    and    operating,    and    year    by 


year  adding  to  the  estate.  In  1896,  two  years 
after  the  first  "Wilson  bill,  the  sugar  planters 
in  Louisiana,  acting  almost  as  a  unit,  went  over 
to  the  Republican  party,  calling  themselves  the 
"Lily  Whites."  John  Newton  Pharr  became  the 
unwilling  standard  bearer  in  the  gubernatorial 
nomination,  and.  as  the  records  of  that  date  will 
amply  testify,  he  was  elected  Governor  by  an 
overwhelming  majority  of  the  white  voters.  The 
following  is  taken  from  un  editorial  of  the 
Times-Democrat  of  that  year,  w'hlch  paper  op- 
posed his  candidacy:  "It  must  be  admitted 
that  Mr.  Pharr  carried  twenty  of  the  twenty- 
five  white  parishes  in  the  State,  while  his  Demo- 
cratic opponent  carried  the  remaining  five  white 
parishes  and  all  of  the  so-called  black  parishes, 
having   negro   majorities." 

The  political  machinery  of  the  State  at  the 
time  was  in  the  hands  of  the  Democratic  party, 
and  Mr.  Pharr  was  counted  out.  There  was. 
however,  a  lively  contest  at  Eaton  Rouge  which 
might  easily  have  resulted  in  civil  strife.  Mr. 
Pharr  agreed  to  withdraw  only  after  tlie  leaders 
of  the  I_>emocratic  party  pledged  themselves  to 
a  Constitutional  Convention  by  which  means  the 
negro  vote  was  to  be  elminated  from  political 
contests  in  future.  This  convention  followed  in 
1S9S.  since  which  time  the  negro  vote  has 
ceased   to   be  a  factor   in    the   State. 

John  Newton  Pharr  died  at  his  home  on 
"Fairview  Plantation."  in  St.  Mary  Parish,  on 
Nov.  21,  1903.  honored  and  loved  by  the  com- 
n^unity,  where  he  had  dwelt  more  than  half  a 
century,  leaving  a  record  in  public,  biisiness  and 
private   life,    an    honor   to    his   family. 


iu:;i 


PHILII'    ^VKRLKIX. 

Business   Man,   Merchant,   Man   of  Affairs. 

CHI  LIP  WERLEIN,  nationally  known  as  one  of  Louisiana's  ablest  men.  was 
born  in  New  Orleans  on  June  5th,  1S7S,  the  son  of  Philip  and  Betty  (Parham) 
Werlein.  With  the  completion  of  acquirement  of  education.  Mr.  Werlein 
n  turned  to  Nl'W  Orleans  to  associate  with  the  business  known  as  "Philip 
Werlein,"  founded  by  his  Grandfather,  one  of  the  oldest  houses  in  the  United 
States  engaged  in  the  sale  of  pianos,  musical  instruments  and  music,  of  which 
business  he  became  the  Head  and  Chief  Executive.  Under  his  direction  the  firm 
of  "Philip  Werlein"  cor.tinued  its  growth  and  expansion  in  a  remarkable  manner. 
Mr.  Werlein,  in  addition,  was  one  of  the  most  active  men  in  the  community  in 
belialf  of  public  betterment.  lie  served  for  three  terms  as  President  of  the 
New  Orleans  Progressive  Union,  and  was  a  determinate  factor  in  promoting  every 
movement  having  the  growth  and  development  of  New  Orleans  as'  its  object. 
He  was  Sub-Treasurer  of  the  United  States,  but  accepted  only  as  a  party  measure 
so  as  tn  iierniit  the  then  encumbent  to  assume  another  important  post.  He  was 
Vice-Chairman  of  Democratic  State  Central  Committee  and  President  of  the 
Election  of  Supervisors  of  Orleans  Parish.  In  the  piano  industry  he  enjoyed  the 
best  esteem  of  its  leaders,  and  was  President  of  the  National  Association  of 
Piano  Merchants.  His  acquaintance  with  artists  and  musicians  was  world-wide, 
most  of  whom  esteemed  Mr.  Werlein  as  a  warm  personal  friend,  and  his  death 
on  February  2*2.  UtlT.  bereaved  New  Orleans  particularly  and  a  world-wide  circle 
generally    of    one    of    its    most    beneficent    and    valuable    influences. 


103 


WASHINGTON'    O.    BOVLAN. 
r.usimss    Ahm. 

-RT-V  \SHINGTON  G.  BOYLAN,  Protector  of 
\ If  /  I'ublic  Safety:  Soldier;  Business  Man. 
yA/  Probably  few  men  in  this  generation 
have  been  as  familiar  with  the  applied  art  of 
buiKlarv.  or  knew  how  to  deal  moie  effectively 
with  its  instigators  than  tiie  late  Washington 
G.  Bovlan,  whose  activities  as  guardian  of  public 
safety  extended  over  a  half  century.  Absolutely 
fearless,  with  a  mind  keenly  alert  to  tlie  dis- 
guises of  danger  and  quick  to  detect  its  pei- 
petrators,  he  was  the  terror  of  that  P-irt  of  the 
world  engaged  in  destroying  its  fellowmen  and 
their  property.  Mr.  Boylan's  activities  as  a  de- 
fendei-  of  mankind  began  with  his  admission  to 
the  Thirteenth  I^ouisiana  Volunteers  as  a  private, 
at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War.  At  the  close 
of  the  war  he  had  attained  to  tlie  rank  of  captain. 
In  I.XTT,  during  the  turmoil  between  the  Metro- 
politans and  the  State  Supreme  Court.  Capt. 
Bovlan  with  the  late  Ben  J.  Onorato.  under  ap- 
liointment  of  the  then  civil  sheriff.  Thom-is  H. 
Handy,  deterred  Major  Loan,  Capt.  Giay  and 
Bight  or  ten  uniformed  officers,  acting  under 
orders  fi-oni  .Judge  IjUdeling.  from  taking  posses- 
sion of  the  premises  and  held  same  until  the  in- 
stallation into  office  of  the  NichoUs  Court  headed 
bv   Chief   Justice   Manning   had   been  successfully 


accoini)lished.  Later,  for  20  years,  Mr.  Boylan 
engaged  in  the  peaceful  pursuit  of  weigher  for 
I'ort  of  New  Orleans,  but  resigned  that  office 
to  become  again  active  in  defense  work  under 
the  institutional  name  of  Boylan's  Detective 
Agency  and  Protection  Police.  This  organization 
gained  permanent  fame  fo'r  its  work  as  a  pro- 
tector of  individuals  and  properties.  For  32 
years  Cipt.  Boylan  directed  the  operations  of  the 
protective  police  who  guarded  the  banks  of  New 
Orleans.  His  men  were  on  duty  day  and  night. 
In  addition  to  its  bank  corps,  the  Boylan  com- 
pany operated  an  efficient  detective  system. 
Through  that  department  they  have  brought 
many  notable  criminals  to  justice,  including  W. 
Thomas  Smith  and  Jas.  W.  Harper,  officials  of 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Hattiesburg  who 
were  trailed  from  Hattiesburg.  Miss.,  to  Van- 
couver. B.  C,  and  finally  captured  at  Seattle, 
Wash.  They  also  detected  and  e.xposed  the  opera- 
tions of  many  forgers.  They  made  the  world 
safe  onlv  for  men  whose  activities  could  endure 
the  glare  of  rigid  investigation  and  freedom  from 
all  crookedness.  Mr.  Boylan  was  born  in  New- 
Orleans  where  he  lived  all  his  life.  He  was  a 
graduate  of  Spring  Hill  College  of  Mobile.  He 
married     Miss     Ogiana      E.      Westerfield.        Their 

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107 


CHAUT.IOS    DICKENS  MONTGOMERY. 

{Coittiniiid  front  paije  70) 

Subsf^qiieiitlj'  l;o  rt'nio\-f(l  to  New  Orleans,  where  he  is 
Agency  Manager  for  the  same  conrern.  Mr,  Montgom- 
ery married  Miss  Alice  Hicks,  of  Green w<h)i.1.  Missis- 
sipiji.  Their  three  children  are  John  Hides,  Charles 
Dickens  and  l-'rances  Montgomery,  Mr.  Montgomery 
is  a  member  of  Cliicas:o  and  New  Orleans  Press  Clubs, 
and    belongs    to   the   Masonic   orders. 


GliORGE  SHAl^L  KAUSLER, 

{Continued  from  patjt  71) 
IDOo,  Mr.  Kausler  assumed  entire  ownership  and  con- 
trol of  the  latter  business  which,  under  the  firm  name 
of  Geo,  .S,  Kausler,  Ltd.,  of  which  Mr.  Kausler  is 
President,  is  an  important  factoi"  in  Southern  insurance 
circles.  Mr.  Kausler  married  Miss  Wilhelmina  Hall- 
wede.  There  are  no  children.  He  is  a  luemljer  of  New 
Orleans  Chess,  Checkers  and  Whist  Clul).  Hoston,  New 
Oi'leans  Country.  Soutiiern  Yacht  and  various  other 
clubs  and  Carnival  associations.  He  was  Commis- 
sioner of  .Shakspeare  Almsliouse  under  tlie  Shakspeare 
administration,  and  with  rank  of  Colonel  has  served 
on  staffs  of  the  various  governors,  including  Murphy 
J.  l^'ostei"  and  \V.  W.  Heard.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
the   Motor   League    of    Louisiana. 


ABRAHAM   BRITTIN. 

{Continind  from  pai/e  71) 
the  New  Orleans  Cotton  Exchange  for  thirty-nine  years, 
was  elected  President  three  times,  and  later  as  hon- 
orary member.  In  May.  1SS8.  he  was  elected  on  the 
Young  Men's  Democratic  ticket  to  membership  in  tlie 
Citj'  Council,  during  which  service  the  Mayor  ap- 
pointed him  Chairman  of  the  Budget  Committee  and 
member  of  the  Finance  Committee.  In  1S96  he  was 
elected  on  the  Citizens'  League  ticket  as  a  member  of 
the  City  Council,  of  which  body  he  was  elected  Presi- 
dent. During  his  term  of  olfice  as  acting  Mayor,  he 
supplied  the  city  with  the  plans  for  its  splendid  system 
of  water  supply  and  sewerage  facilities.  In  191^0  he 
was  made  Vice-President  of  the  Board  of  Li^iuidation 
of  City  Debt.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tors of  the  Equitable  Life  Assurance  Society  of  New 
York;  President  Board  of  Trustees  of  Howard  Memorial 
Liljrary;  member  Board  of  Directors  of  Hibernia  Bank 
&  Trust  Co.;  member  Board  of  Trustees  of  Tulane- 
Newcomb  University.  Mr.  Brittin  is  prominent  socially, 
and  a   member  of  a  number  of  clulis  of  prestige. 


JOSEPH   H.    DE   GRANGE. 

(Continued  from  pane  71) 

present   is   the   Secretary   of   the   New    Orleans    Railway 
and   Light  Company. 

Is  a  member  of  the  Country  Club.  Pickwick  Club, 
Young  Men's  Gymnastic  Club,  and  life  honorary  mem- 
ber of  the  Chess  and  Southern  Y'acht  Clubs  and  various 
Carnival  organizations,  and  the  Shakspeare  Club.  Presi- 
dent of  the  Jovian  League.  Is  a  veteran  of  the  Wash- 
ington Artillery  Civil  War  service.  Vice-President  of 
the  Public  Libraries,  a  member  of  the  Sewerage  and 
Water  Board.  Was  President  of  the  Board  of  Fire 
Commissioners  when  the  paid  Fire  Department  was 
organized.  Served  in  the  Legislature  ol  the  state  and 
took  an  active  part  in  all  public  movements  that  bene- 
fited the  city  and  state.  Is  now  a  widower.  Had  six 
children;  five  now  living;  all  marr:ed  and  all  occupy 
good  social,  professional  and  business  positions.  He 
has  six  grandsons  in  the  service  of  the  country  in  the 
navy  and  in  the  army.  Three  were  "over  there"  some- 
where doing  their  duty.  Took  active  interest  in  the 
Doll  and  Toy  I''und  of  the  Times-Picayune,  believing  it 
did  a  great  deal  of  good. 


GEORGE  J.  TRAUTH. 

(Continued  from  page  85) 
for  American  Cotton  Oil  Co.  He  was  later  for  a  time 
with  Crescent  Mill  in  the  same  capacity.  He  next 
acted  as  engineer  for  the  Industrial  Cotton  Oil  Co.  of 
Denison.  Texas,  which  office  he  resigned  to  become 
general  foreman  for  tlie  American  Cotton  Oil  Co.  He 
was  the  first  Justice  of  tlie  I'eace  for  the  parish  of 
Jefferson  elected  by  the  people  in  April.  1!)16.  He 
belongs  to  David  Crocket  Steam  Fire  Company,  the 
oldest  in  the  state,  and  is  a  member  of  Elks'  Lodge- 
No.  30;  Martin  Behrman  Maccabee  Tent  IS.  Algiers. 
La.;  and  Druids'  Cypress  Camp  No.  47.  of  Gretna.  He 
married  Miss  Theresa  Navarre  on  February  11,  1911, 
in  Gretna.  Their  two  children  are  Leycester  Louis 
Romain  Trauth  and  George  J.   Trauth,  Jr. 


GEORGE   LONG, 

(Continued  from  page  85) 
moted  to  the  office  of  Captain.  He  served  as  Captain 
for  three  years,  and  was  then  appointed  Chief  of  Detec- 
tives on  February  11,  1911,  in  which  office  he  has 
served  with  great  success.  Captain  Long  is  a  member 
of  the  Y'oung  Men's  Gymnastic  Club  and  also  of  the 
Masonic  orders.  He  is  one  of  the  best  known  charac- 
ters active  in  New  Orleans'   public  life. 


MURPHY    J.    FOSTER. 

(Continued  from  page  77) 
served  two  terms.  In  1901  lie  vvas  sent  to  the  United 
States  Senate,  and  re-elected  thereto  in  1S07.  He  served 
in  the  United  States  Senate  for  twelve  years.  In  191-;, 
Mr.  Foster  was  appointed  Collector  of  Port  of  Orleans, 
and  is  now  serving-  the  people  of  his  native  state  in 
that   capacity. 


DR.   VALENTINE  KING   IRION. 

(Continued  from  page  77) 
tice  of  his  profession  in  Opelousas,  Louisiana,  in  ISSii, 
and  though  the  demands  on  his  time  weie  drastic,  he 
found  opportunity  to  devote  some  of  his  energy  to 
public  service,  and  from  1SS9  until  1S92  lie  served  t!.e 
parish  of  St.  Landry  as  Superintendent  of  Public  Edu- 
cation. In  1S92  he  became  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Administrators  of  the  State  Normal  at  Natchitoches, 
and  remained  until  1S9S.  In  1837,  on  account  of  the 
greater  facilities  proffered  by  New  Orleans,  Dr.  Irion 
removed  there,  where  be  has  since  risen  to  acknowl- 
edged eminence  as  one  ttf  the  leading  dental  surgeons 
of  the  city  and  state.  He  continues  active  in  public 
service,  and  is  a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Public 
Utilities.  In  1906  he  became  also  Secretary-Treasurer 
of  Louisiana  State  Board  of  Dentistry.  Dr.  Irion  mar- 
ried Miss  Helen  Lastrapes.  of  Opelousas.  Louisiana. 
They  iiave  four  children:  Mary  Caroline,  Alfred  King, 
Alice  and  Albert  Moore  Irion.  The  latter  died  in  1914. 
at  the  age  of  fifteen  years.  Their  eldest  son.  Alfred 
King,  entered  Second  Officers'  Training  School,  Oc- 
tober 14.  1917.  Shortly  thereafter  he  joined  the  avia- 
tion branch  of  tlie  service  and  went  through  Kelly 
Field  School  of  Aviation.  He  is  now  stationed  at  the 
University  of  Wisconsin  as  Military  Instructor.  Dr. 
Irion  is  a  member  of  State  Dental  Association,  member 
of  Louisiana  Society  of  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, and  member  of  Alumni  Association  of  Louisiana 
State  University.  He  was  appointed  E.xaminer  for 
tlie  Dental  Reserve  Corps  of  the  United  States  Army. 
and   is   serving   in   that   office  at    this   time. 


DUNCAN    BUIE. 

(Continued  from  page  73) 
where,  up  to  a  few  years  ago.  their  value  was  unrecog- 
nized and  unappreciated.  Upon  good  roads  depend  the 
prosperity  of  a  state,  because  they  are  a  factor  in  pro- 
moting agriculture  and  enterprise,  and  are,  now*  that 
the  country  is  at  war.  "doing  their  bit"  by  relieving 
railroad  congestion.  With  Mr.  Buie  at  the  head  of  the 
State  Highway  Department.  Louisiana  roads,  wherever 
impro\'ements  have  l.>een  made,  have  been  recognized 
as  the  best  roads  of  their  type  in  the  country,  and  the 
system  of  roads,  as  outlined  for  the  state,  will  event- 
ually form  a  network  of  good  roads  connecting  every 
parish   seat   and   country   in   the   state. 

Louisiana,  with  its  limited  funds  for  road  construc- 
tion, has  easily  out-distanced  some  of  her  sister  states. 
This  is  due  partially  to  her  wonderful  resources  in 
natural  gravel,  shell  and  other  good  road  material,  and 
because  in  every  instance  of  construction  consideration 
has  not  been  given  to  the  cheapest  type  but  to  the 
most  economical  and  durable,  based  on  sound  engineer- 
in^-^  Iirinciples. 

ISIr.  Buie  was  selected  for  this  position  because  of 
liis  years  of  practical  experience,  and  he  has  proven 
that  he  is  the  right  man  in  the  right  place  He  goes 
about  bis  work  in  a  quiet,  unobtrusive  manner,  to 
demonstrate  his  qualifications  and  direct  the  affairs  of 
his  office. 

The  hi.ghway  department  has  constructed  to  date 
CSS.S2  miles  of  highways;  there  are  279.98  under  con- 
struction, and  108  miles  will  be  constructed  in  the 
near   future. 


MICH.^EL  C.   SINS. 

(Continued  from  page  86) 
for  the  J.  &  W.  Steele  Company,  but  since  1916  has 
conducted  his  present  business,  wiiich  is  a  valued  fac- 
tor in  the  city's  commerce.  Mr.  Sins  is  a  member  of 
the  Southern  Yacht,  Elks,  and  New  Orleans  Press 
Clubs,  and  belongs  also  to  Old  Colony  Club. 


108 


BENKUICT  MOIIET  GItUNKWALD. 
(CniUiiitud  from  par/e  70) 
lienedict  Moret  Gninewald  is  Lhe  otily  t-on  of  tlic 
late  W  N  Gruncwakl,  a  promiiiPiit  busines--.s  man  and 
former  head  of  the  well-known  linn  of  wliich  the  .son 
is  now  Viee-1'resiilent  and  Manager.  The  latter  suc- 
ceeded his  fatlier  in  the  niananenienl  of  the  lar^e  busi- 
ness despite  his  youtliful  years,  and  is  denionslratins 
his  ability  to  manage  the  establisluncnt  m  the  most 
approved  ami  snceessful  mannei-.  Mr.  Ciunewald  is 
said  to  be  one  of  the  best  informed  nn  ii  in  the  I'iano 
business  throughout  the  entire  country.  On  November 
:<  tins  Mr  Crunewalil  married  Miss  .Jane  Louise  <'or- 
d'ill  Tlieir  two  children  are  .lane  Louise  and  Marion 
Cordill  Uiunewahl.  Mi-,  and  Mrs.  Crunewald  are  active 
factors  in  tlie  social  life  of  New  Orleans.  Mr.  Grune- 
waltl  is  a  member  of  Boston.  Rotary,  ("'ountry  and 
Delta  Duck  Clubs.  He  al.so  belongs  to  Soutliern  Yacht 
Club.     He  is  a  tiiirty-.second  decree  Mason  and   Shriner. 


MARK    LEIGH    ALEXANDER. 

(Colli inui:d   from  paffc   79) 

lieinp  a  traveling  salesman  for  many  years  for  some  of 
the  larse.st  hardware  houses  in  the  South.  KngaBed  In 
the  real  estate  and  insurance  business  at  Alexandria 
in  general  e.xploitation  work  and  Secretary  of  the 
Cliamber  of  Commerce  of  that  city.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  New  Orleans  Association  of  Commerce;  Benevo- 
lent and  Protective  Order  of  Klks;  Cliess,  Checkers  and 
Whist  Club:  the  Press  Cluli;  the  liound  Talde  Club; 
tlie  Sinithern  Vacht  Club,  and  the  Audubon  Golf  Club. 
Memlier  of  tlie  National  Geo^'raphic  Society;  Louisiana 
Historical  Society;  Vice-President  of  the  American 
Kisiierics  Society;  President  of  tlie  International  Asso- 
ciation of  Game  and  Fish  Commissioners;  member 
Federal  Advisory  Board  for  the  I'lotcction  of  Migratory 
Game;  is  Commis.sioner  of  Conservation.  iJepartment 
of  Conservation.  State  of  Louisiana.  He  was  married 
on  .June  12.  ISSS,  at  Alexandria.  I,a.,  to  Miss  Nellie 
Luckett,  daughter  of  Dr.  Robt.  L.  Luckett  of  Rapides 
Parish.  Louisiana.  Has  three  children:  Misses  Ethel 
and  Constance,  and   Mark   Leigh,   .Jr. 


LESTER  F.  ALEXANDER. 

(Contmued  from  paije  70) 
work  in  Havana.  After  returniuK^  from  Cuba  in  1902. 
he  ensased  in  river  and  harlior  work  for  the  United 
States  Engineers'  Department  until  1009.  For  one 
year  he  was  then  general  superintendent  for  tlie  firm 
of  Christie  &  Low,  Civil  Engineers  and  Contractors, 
since  which  date  he  has  engaged  in  business  individ- 
ually and  has  become  one  of  the  V.est  known  of  New 
Orleans'  engineers  and  contractors.  Office,  S34  Audu- 
bon building.  Mr.  Alexander  belongs  to  the  Chess, 
Cliockers  and  Wliist  Club,  Southern  Yacht  Club,  Elks, 
Woodmen  -if  the  World,  and  Louisiana  Engineering 
Society;  also   the  Country  Club   of  Cleburne,   Texas. 


EDWARp   ALEXANDER   PARSONS. 

(Contiiiitcd  from  pa</e  76)  ,f, 

Hoys'  High  School  in  Canal  Street."  As  a  traveler  he  has 
vi.s'ited  the  great  places,  as  well  as  many  of  the  quaint 
and  little  known  sites,  of  historic  and  artistic  interest. 
in  America,  Europe,  Asia  and  Africa.  As  a  lecturer  on 
Egypt,  Gieece,  Rome,  and  the  Near  East,  he  has  ap- 
peared before  univer.sities,  learned  societies  and  chau- 
tauquas;  has  photographed  the  Vvorld's  noted  scenes 
from  Sitka  to  Assuan,  and  has  collected  material  from 
many  places  to  be  used  in  this  work.  As  a  student 
of  art  and  letters,  he  delivered  the  tercentennary  ad- 
dress on  the  occasion  of  the  S'liakespeare  Tercentennary. 
celebrated  in  New  Orleans,  at  the  Tulane  Theater,  in 
1916.  Among  other  notable  occasion.s  may  be  men- 
tioned the  Golden  Jubilee  address  (St.  Simeon's  School); 
Englisli  as  a  World  Literature:  The  Spirit  of  Italy  (on 
the  thiril  anniversary  of  ltaly'.s  entrance  in  tlie  war), 
etc.  Mr.  Parsons  is  a  bibliophile,  and  lias  collected 
one  of  the  most  valuable  libraries  of  art  and  antiquity 
In  the  country.-  He  has  been  prominent  in  all  war 
activitie.s;  wa.s  the  leader  of  the  Fourteenth  Ward  in 
the  War  Savings  Stamp  campaign;  a  Four  Minute  man: 
member  of  the  Finance  Brigade,  Legal  Advisory  Board, 
etc.  'His  law  offices  are  in  the  Whitney-Central  Bank 
building. 


"6 


REV.  FATHER  JOHN  FRANCIS  PRIM. 

{Contintted  from  page  77) 

of  CarroUton  Church  in  1S9S.  lie  lias  developed  into 
one  of  the  most  important  congregations  of  the  city 
what  formerly  was  a  few  scattered  luke-warm  profes- 
sors of  the  Catholic  faith.  He  builds  missions,  erects 
churches,  amelioi'ates  tlie  conditions  of  the  unfortunate, 
especially  interested  in  the  development  of  Catholic 
youth,  and  works  for  the  general  good  of  the  coiu- 
mtinity  witli  a  boundless  enthtisiasm.  One  of  the  most 
determinate  factors  tor  progress,  in  religion  and  civic 
life,   active   in    the   city. 


FRIODERICK    \V.    MATTHEWS. 

iContinurd  from  patje   79) 

Low.  resident  manager,  remaining  in  the  company's 
employ  for  a  iieriod  of  one  year — 1S91  to  1.S92.  From 
1S92   to   1S9.S  he  was  salesman   for   !•'.  F.   Hansell  &  Bro. 

Returning  from  the  Spanish  American  War  to  civilian 
life  he  was  made  bookkeejjer  for  the  Gulf  Hag  (Com- 
pany, branch  of  the  Bemis  Bag  Compan>'.  In  1901  he 
was  made  general  bookkeeiier  and  .auditor  for  l''inlay. 
flicks  &  Co..  Ltd.  He  continued  in  that  jiosition  until 
191:!,  when  the  Board  of  .Administrators  of  the  Charity 
Hospital  elected  him  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
Charity  Hospital  of  Louisiana.  He  has  filled  that  posi- 
tion  ever   since. 

An  advocate  of  early  military  training  for  the  young 
manhood  of  America,  he  served  eight  years,  1890  to 
1S9S,  in  the  State  Militia.  He  was  a  private  in  the 
Southern  Athletic  Battalion.  Comiiany  P.  unrler  Cap- 
tain T.  A.  Marshall.  Later  he  was  sergeant  and  then 
first  lieutenant  of  Company  B,  Fourtli  Battalion.  Loui-si- 
ana  State  National  (juard.  under  Captain  Myles  S. 
Waterman.  From  this  he  went  into  the  Second  Ijouisi- 
aua  Regiment  of  Infantry,  as  captain  of  Company  E, 
serving  under  Colonel  IClmer  E.  \\'ood.  commanding. 
Tills  regiment  was  attached  to  tlie  Se\enth  Army  Corps, 
under  General  Fitzhugh  Lee.  commanding.  He  married 
Miss  Myra-Kate  Monctire,  of  Crystal  Springs,  Miss., 
and  has  three  children,  as  follows:  Miss  ^lyra  Mon- 
cure  Matthews.  Frederick  Warner  Matthews,  Jr..  and 
Susan  Fitzhugh  Matthews.  Clubs:  Louisiana  Lodge 
No.  102.  Free  and  Accepted  Masons:  New  Orleans 
Lodge  No.  30,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks, 
and  the  United  .Spanish  V.'ar  Veterans.  Hayden  Y. 
Grubb  Camp  No.  3.  Politics:  Democrat.  Creed:  EpLs- 
copalian — member  of  Trinity  Church.  Residence  ad- 
dress:    2330    Octavia   street. 


CHARLES  HENRY  BEHRE. 

^Cimtiniud  from  page  11) 

likewise  the  Pelican  Cold  Storage  &  Warehousing  Co.. 
and  the  LaGrange  Ice  &  Fuel  Co..  all  of  which  concerns 
are  vital  factors  in  the  commercial  life  of  New 
Orleans  and  Georgia.  Mr.  Behre  was  one  of  the  organ- 
izers of  the  Child's  W'elfare  Association,  of  which  he 
is  a  Vice-President.  He  works  assiduously  in  behalf 
of  the  Association  of  Commerce.  He  is  President  of 
the  New  Orleans  Ice  Exchange:  President  of  Louisiana 
Ice  Manufacturers'  Association,  and  member  of  the 
Executive  Committee  of  National  Association  of  Ice 
Industries.  He  was  born  in  Charleston.  S.  C.  and  is 
tile  son  of  Charles  H.  and  Mary  Behre.  He  attended 
high  school  in  America,  and  spent  two  and  a  half  years 
in  Germany,  completing  his  education.  He  married 
Mi.ss  Emelie  S.  Behre  on  April  19.  1S.S3.  and  their  five 
children  are.  Edwine.  Ellinor.  Theodore.  Edna  and 
Charles  H.  Behre,  Jr.  Mr.  Behre  is  a  member  of  the 
Peters  Avenue  Commission,  and  one  of  New  Orleans' 
forceful  business  men.  He  belongs  to  the  Round  Table, 
Press  and  Country  Clubs. 


WILLIAM    PENNELL   ROSS. 

{^Continued  from  page  72) 

operators  of  a  steamship  business  in  An^urica,  and  his 
at^iliation  with  that  business  has  brought  it  to  a  high 
state  of  development  and  operation.  Mr.  Ross  was 
for  ten  >'ears  a  member  of  the  public  Belt  Railroad 
Commission,  and  has  always  contributed  ably  to  promo- 
tion of  all  public  movements  that  in  his  opinion  tended 
to  a  greater  progress  of  the  city.  He  married  Miss 
Clara  Jane  Keen.  Their  son  is  James  A.  Ross, 
prominent  in  local  insurance  circles,  Mr.  Ross  belongs 
to  Round  Table  Club,  and  in  the  sunset  of  a  well- 
spent  life  is  enjoying  the  fruits  of  .success  and  affluence 
won    honorably    in    honorable    contest    with    other    men. 


SAMUEL  A.  TRUFANT. 

(Continued  from  page   71) 

Later  he  became  cashier  of  Citizens  Bank  of  Louisiana, 
where  he  remained  for  twelve  years.  Recently  began 
operations  as  a  stock  and  l3ond  broker,  in  which  he  is 
successfully  engaged  to  date.  Mr.  Trufant  married 
Miss  Bertha  .Alice  Todd  on  February  21.  i;;,><7.  Their 
two  children  are  Sallie  Hyams  Trufant.  now  Mrs.  Henry 
Burguieres:  and  Samuel  A.  Trufant.  Jr..  a  lawyer.  Mr. 
Trufant  is  one  of  New  Orleans'  well  known  business 
men,  belongs  to  Boston  Club,  is  a  member  of  the  Stock 
Exchange,  and  prominent  in  social  and  church  activities. 


109 


DAN    W.    FP:iTKL. 

((U)iilinucd   from   payc   84) 

of  the  Iar;?e.st  businesses  of  its  kind  in  the  Tniteil 
Stales.  His  fat'tory  covers  7S,000  stjuare  feet  of 
L;r()un(i,  is  eiiuipiK-d  with  the  latest  and  must  modern 
aii!)lian('eK  of  operation,  including  electric  cranes,  trav- 
i^liny  conveyors,  haling  presses,  automatic  sprinklers, 
and  other  labor-saving  and  life  and  property-protecting 
devices.  There  are  108  sowing  machines  fi-r  mending 
second-hand  ha;^s.  lie  employs  aI)Out  2:^0  I'eople.  and 
the  enormity  and  immense  extent  of  the  business  tes- 
tify ably  to  the  fact  that  Mi'.  Feitel  is  an  organizer, 
a  master  l)nilder  and  an  optimist.  Tn  November,  190f\ 
Mr.  I-'eilel  marrii'd  Miss  Kebecca  Sperlini;.  of  New  Or- 
leans, and  tliree  cliildrcn  ha\e  been  boi'n  of  their  union, 
being  I'Jslelle,  .leannc  and   I  mums   I'-eilel. 


CHARLES    KIIXST    WKRMrTH. 

{('•mtiiiui'd  from  pa{/e   74) 

office  of  Auditor  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Company, 
Atlantic  .System.  He  severed  that  connection  in  l'J04. 
and  opened  an  office  in  New  Orleans  for  practice  as  a 
public  accountant,  in  which  piofession  he  is  most  emi- 
nently successful  today.  In  September.  19ms,  Mr.  Wer- 
mutii  was  elected  President  of  Louisiana  State  Hoard 
of  Accountants.  He  married  Miss  Marie  Aj:nes  Pichet, 
and  they  have  one  child,  a  daughter,  who  is  now  Mrs. 
Mai'ie  Louise  Shibley.  In  May.  IHIT.  Mr.  Wermutli 
was  appointed  to  serve  as  Division  Auditor  for  tlie 
nnited  States  War  Deijartment,  in  charge  of  canton- 
ment construction,  which  office  he  discharged  witli 
distinguished  success  until  January,  lit  IS.  He  is  one 
of  New  Orleans'  best  known  men  in  the  accounting 
world. 


O.   M.    SAMUEL. 

{Continued   from   pane   84) 

the  large  demolition  contracts  in  New  Orleans  and 
vicinity  for  tlie  past  sevei'al  years,  being  the  largest 
coneoin  of  tlie  kind  in  the  South,  while  tlie  American 
Cyiiress  Tank  Company  ships  its  cisterns  and  tanks 
to  the  various  i>ai'ts  of  the  Southern  states  and  to  Cen- 
tral and  South  America.  Mr.  Samuel  lia?  refrained 
from  cornmenling  about  his  j;>ersonal  side,  as  he  feels 
that  a  man's  work  is  duly  representative  of  his  import 
in  -1  community. 


PHI  Lli'  J.  SCIIOJON,  SK. 

(Cnntiniwd  from   paiic   S4 ) 

Mr.  Schoen  is  one  of  the  well-known  men  ciiiia^fd  in 
the  undertaking  and  emljalming  l)usiness  in  New  Or- 
leans. He  is  a  member  of  various  fraternal  and  benevo- 
lent organizations,  as  also  of  numerous  undertakers' 
associations,  and  director  of  prominent  enterprises.  He 
was  appointed  a  member  of  Local  Board  of  Division  No. 
T,  acting  for  the  War  Department,  of  ll;e  Eighth  Ward, 
of  which    board   he  acts  as  clerk. 


HENRY  C.  RAMOS. 

(Continued   fnm  pat/e    S4) 

obtainable  labor.  He  is  a  member  of  Soutb.ern  Yacht 
Club,  George  AVashington  Lodge  No.  65.  E.  &  A.  M., 
roeniber  of  Louisiana  Council  No.  2.  R.  &  S.  M.,  mem- 
ber of  Orleans  Delta  Cliapter  No.  1,  R.  A.  M.,  member 
Knights  Templar  and  Sbriners.  He  is  a  life  member 
of  Elks'  Lodge  No.  30.  Mr.  Ramos  maintains  residences 
in    New    Orleans    and    Covin.^ton,    La. 


JOHN  H.   OVERTON. 

(Continued  from  page  S3) 

prominent  legal  combinations  in  the  state,  known  as 
the  firm  of  Placknian.  Overton  and  Dawkins.  Mr. 
<.)verton  married  Miss  Ruth  Dismukts,  of  Natchitoches, 
and  their  four  children  are  Katharine,  Ruth,  Mary 
Elizabeth   and    John    H.,    Jr. 


R()i:i:kt  jclilts  barr. 

{('ii/itinurd  from,  paye    74) 

he  retained  until  1876.  In  1882  Mr.  Barr  associated 
with  the  Q.  &  C.  Railroad,  and  for  the  following  five  " 
year.s  continued  with  them.  In  1S8S  Mr.  Parr  branched 
out  into  Imsiness  for"  himself,  confining  his  operations 
to  exporting  grain  to  Europe,  in  wliicli  lie  has  achieved 
success,  and  is  today  one  <(f  the  notable  operators  in 
the  gi-ain  trade  of  the  South.  Mr.  Parr  married  Miss 
Ellen  Bradley,  of  Alabama,  in  187ij.  Tliere  have  been 
live  sons  and  four  daughters  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Parr.  Surviving  are:  R.  J..  Jr.,  James  W.,  Norman  D., 
C.  LeRoy,  Miss  (^audie  Uarr  and  Mrs.  J.  R.  Wester- 
field,  Jr.  Mr.  Barr  is  eminently  respected  for  his  dis- 
criminating intellect,  and  a  cliarmiiig  courtesy  that 
lenders    him    conspicuous    in    any    assembly. 


JOS.   K.  cap.i:i-:i;a. 

(('ontinurd  from  patjr    Tl) 

the  Cuban  governmeiit,  with  headipiarters  in  New  Or- 
leans, where  lie  is  a  delightful  participant  in  the  public 
and  social  life  of  the  city.  He  is  a  member  of  Yacht 
and  Country  Clubs  of  Havana,  and  Press  and  Surf  Clubs. 
New  Orleans.  Also  New  Orleans  Opera  Association  and 
Louisiana  Motor  League. 


CHARLES    F.    GELBKE. 

(Cnnt lulled   from   paf/e   7(i) 

Gretna  in  every  way.  He  organized  the  Gretna  Ex- 
change &  Savings  Bank,  of  which  he  was  President 
until  he  resigned  to  accept  his  present  office  as  Mayor. 
Charles  F.  Gelbke  is  the  son  of  Louis  C.  and  Mary 
Lanier  Gelbke.  He  was  born  in  Tangipahoa,  Louisi- 
ana, on  October  11,  1878.  He  attended  Gretna  and 
New  Orleans  public  and  high  schools,  sraduating  from 
tlie  latter  in  1896.  He  graduated  from  Tulane  Medical 
College  in  1900.  Dr.  Gelbke  is  one  of  the  prominent 
members  of  Masons.  Elks.  l>ruids.  Moose  and  Macca- 
bees, and  always  in  the  lead  where  betterment  for 
(Jretna.  New  nrbans  and  Louisiana  is  to  be  accom- 
plished. 


ALBERT   JOSEPH    BUJA. 

(Continued  from  page   S3) 

French  lines  of  steamships.  Governor  Pleasant  ap- 
pointed him  member  of  Public  Utilities  Board.  He 
married  Miss  Mamie  Winn.  They  have  one  daughter. 
Miss  Flora  Marie  Buja.  Mr.  Buja  is  a  Mason,  Shriner, 
member  of  B.  P.  O.  E.,  Eagles.  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
Druids,  Moose,  and  various  other  popular  societies,  fra- 
ternities and  clubs.  He  is  also  President  Schumert- 
Warfieid-Buja,  Inc..  Printers.  Stationers,  417-422  Camp 
street. 


Jt'LES    J.    DUAWE. 

(Continued  from   piuje   79) 

Illinois,  on  June  8,  1856,  but  has  lived  practically  all 
his  life  in  New  Orleans,  where  he  graduate'd  from  the 
local  public  schools.  Later  he  graduated  from  Yonkers 
College,  in  New  York.  He.  married  Miss  Edith  Daniel, 
daui^liter  of  Hiram  Daniel,  in  1910.  after  the  demise 
of  his  first  wife,  who  was  Miss  Catherine  Shannon, 
whom  he  married  in  1881.  Senator  Drawe  is  a  member 
of  Masonic  orders  and  ijelongs  to  New  Orleans  Press 
Club. 


JOHN    LEWIS    DANTZLER. 

(Continued  from  page  74) 

lumber  and  paper.  His  long  connection  with  these 
latter  lines  has  established  him  as  one  of  the  fore- 
most men  of  the  lunil)er  industry  in  this  section.  He 
is  President  of  the  Standard  Export  Lumber  Company. 
Mr.  Dantzler  was  bereft  of  his  wife  through  death. 
There  are  two  cliildren.  a  daughter.  Eran  Dantzler, 
and  a  son,  A.  M.  Dantzler.  Mr.  Dantzler  is  a  member 
of  the  Boston,  Pickwick.  Country,  Yacht  and  Press 
Clubs,  and   belongs  to  Masons  and   Shriners 


WILLIAM    CHARLES    McLEOD. 

(Continued  from    page   SI) 

immediately  after  leaving  college  and  has  steadily 
attained  success  as  a  member  of  the  legal  profession. 
Mr.  McLeod  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Fentress,  of 
Memphis,  Tenn.,  December  4.  1895.  and  they  have  three 
children,  who  are:  Kenneth  (second  lieutenant.  Coast 
Artillery,  and  graduate  of  Tulane  University,  class  of 
191S);  iVIargaret.  student  Sophie  Newcomb  College,  New 
Orleans,  and  Elizabeth,  at  Newman.  Mass..  Training 
School.  Mr.  McLeod  enjoys  a  wide  acquaintance  in 
New  Orleans,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Chess,  University 
and  Round  Table  Clubs. 


110 


Ar.ni.;RT  waruen  wiiiteman. 

{Coiilinucd  from  page  75) 

his  brother,  under  the  linn  name  of  Whitcman  Uros., 
and  under  this  style  is  ojieratiiiK  one  of  ti'P  most  suc- 
cessful towiny  and  conlraclin^  undei-Lakin;4S  in  this 
section.  Mr.  W'hitenian  married  Miss  N'etla  Louisa 
Davis,  of  .Ascension  Pai'ish,  o!i  June  27.  190U.  Their 
home  has  been  blessed  with  seven  children,  who  are: 
.Mine,  irma,  Warren.  Willie  Porter.  Huby  May.  lOdwin 
AV.  and  Starl?  D.  W'hileman.  Capt.  Whiteman  is  a 
member  of   Klks'   Club,   and    belouKS   to   the   Masons. 


WILLIAM    BLAin    LAXCASTKR. 

(('I'lilmwd  /mm  pane  81) 

owned  real  estate,  which  have  made  him  famous 
throujihout  this  section,  and  have  materially  advanced 
the  development  of  St.  Tammany  Parish,  He  adver- 
tised Mandeville  and  Abita  i-prinas  so  extensively  as 
to  intei-e.st  a  «reat  influx  of  new^  population.  He  or- 
Kanized  a  popular-priced  boat  service  on  Lake  Pont- 
chartraln  between  New  Orleans  and  Mandeville,  that 
*iave  a  much-needed  convenience  to  an  appreciative 
populace.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Xew  Orleans  Real 
Kstate  Board,  New  Orleans  Association  of  Commerce, 
New  Orleans  I'ress  Club  and  the  Old  Colony  Club.  In 
politics  he  is  a  radical   T>emrK'rat. 


i'ai;l  h,  mai.onky, 

{Continmd  from   par/i'   SI) 

tile  sole  owner  ol"  the  business  which  is  one  t)f  the 
suhstatitial  concern,-^  of  New  Orleans,  Mr,  Maloney's 
initiative  craved  other  methods  of  expression,  and  he 
founded  the  Office  Toilet  and  Towel  Supply  Company 
in  lyo.'J,  Jt  was  at  that  time  a  pioneer  concern  for 
the  cliaracter  of  business  it  speci.tlizes  in.  and  filled 
a  long-felt  want  in  the  business  community.  Mr. 
Maloney's  activity  in  buildin,£j  the  community  has  not 
been  limited  entirely  to  commercial  jiursiiits.  During 
1912-1914  lie  served  as  a  member  of  the  State  Legisla- 
ture: he  was  a  delei^ale  to  the  Constitutional  Conven- 
tion in  1914.  which  failed  to  convene.  an<i  in  various 
ways  Mr,  Maloney  contributes  to  belteiment  of  politics 
in  his  native  city.  He  is  an  active  nieniber  of  {lie  As- 
sociation of  C^ommerce  and  Rotary  <'Udj.  He  also  is 
it  thirty-second  decree  Mason,  and  belongs  to  Chess, 
t'lieckers  and  Wliist.  .and  Choctaw  Clubs,  He  is  Presi- 
dent of  the  Team  Owners'  Bureau  of  Transjiortalion. 
and  interested  in  the  progress  of  New  Orleans  alon.t;-  tlie 
best  avenues  of  inii)ro\-ement. 


CHARLES    A.    STAIR, 

(Continued  from  page  So) 

sponsibility  and  trust.  culminatin.Si!  in  liis  present  im- 
portant office  of  General  Manager  for  the  Cumberlaml 
Company  for  the  states  of  Louisiana  .and  Mississippi 
with  head(|uarters  in  New  Orleans,  Mr.  Stair  is  a 
nati\'e  of  Knoxville,  Tennessee,  where  he  was  born  on 
June  19.  1S79.  His  education  was  acfjuired  throug:h 
attendance  on  the  public  and  higli  schools  of  Tennes- 
see and  Kentucky.  On  December  7.  1910.  lie  married 
Miss  Eva  MonoKue.  of  Memphis.  Tenn,  Mr  and  Mrs. 
Stair  have  two  dau.gliters.  Mr,  Stair  is  ,a  memlier  of 
Chess,  Checkers  and  Wliist  Club.  Country  Club.  Soutli- 
ern   Yacht  Club  and  Press  Cl\ib  of  Xew  Orleans. 


RicHAitD  McCarthy,  jr. 

{('otilhiued  from  page  81) 

City  Hall  Annex  and  Camp  S'helby,  Mr.  JlcCarthy  is 
a  member  of  Hiram  Lodge.  No.  70.  F.  and  A.  M,.  Grand 
Consistory  of  Louisiana.  Mystic  Shrine,  P.,  P,  O,  Elks, 
Lodtre  No,  30:  Southern  Yacht  Club  and  otlier  social 
and  fraternal  organizations.  He  was  recently  appointed 
by  Governor  Pleasant  as  a  member  of  the  State  Board 
of    Charities    and    Corrections. 


HANS  A.   M,    JACOBSEN, 
(Continued  from  page   86) 

ployment  Service,  State  of  Louisiana,  lieing  a  promotion 
from  Ci^■il  Sei-vice  He  was  also  appointed  State  Direc- 
tor of  the  U.  S.  Public  Service  Reserve  for  tlie  State  of 
Louisiana  on  July  16.  IIIIS,  Mr,  Jacobsen  married  Miss 
Florence  L.  McGarry,  and  their  one  child  is  a  son.  Hans 
A.   M.   Jacobsen,   Jr, 


WILLIAM   LYLE   RICHESON. 

[^Continued  from  page  80) 

inspector  of  New  Orleans  Board  of  Trade,  Ltd.,  retain- 
ing that  office  until  1917.  Since  that  date  he  has  acted 
as  Manager  of  the  Wheat  E.xport  Co..  Inc.,  representing 
the  allied  governments'  buyers  of  food.sturfs,  and  is 
ably  "doing  his  bit"  to  win  the  war.  Mr,  Rlcheson 
was  born  in  St,  Louis,  Missouri,  on  December  22,  1869. 
lie  is  the  son  of  Jesse  Douglas  Rlcheson  and  Caroline 
Lyie  Uicheson,  He  linished  grammar  schol  in  1SS3. 
He  married  Miss  Lucia  Anna  Rickert.  of  New  Orleans, 
on  Novemlier  2N.  1900,  and  their  three  sons  are  William 
1-yle  Rlcheson.  Jr.,  Lacy  Douglas  Rlcheson,  and  Edward 
liickert  Rlcheson.  Mr.  Rlcheson  is  a  member  of  I'ick- 
wick.  .Southern  Yacht.  New  Orleans  Coiintry  Clubs, 
Motor  League  of  Louisiana,  Carnival  organizations,  New 
f)rleans  Board  of  Trade,  Xew  Orleans  Association  of 
('orameree,  Louisiana  Lodge  Xo.  102,  F.  &  A.  M..  Grand 
Consistory  of  Louisiana,  Jerusalem  Temple  A.  A.  O.  N. 
M.  S.  of  New  Orleans. 


JOSEPH  P.  HENICAN. 

(Continued  from  page  72) 

Miss  Alice  Boning,  and  their  two  children  are  Joseph 
P.  Henican,  Jr.,  and  Caswell  Ellis  Ilenican,  Mr. 
Henican  was  appointed  Vice-President  and  Member 
Board  of  Adniinistr.ators  of  Charity  Hospital  by 
Governor  Pleasant,  He  is  also  a  member  of  Boston, 
New  Orleans  Country  Clubs,  Louisiana  Motor  League, 
B.    P.   O.   E.,    K.    of  C.   and   Southern    Yacht   Club. 


ALLEN   TUPPER. 

(Continued  from  page  73) 

family  removed  to  Louisiana  in  1856.  He  attended 
private  schools  and  the  University  High  School  in 
1.S75.  Mr.  Tupper  entered  the  coiimercial  world  as 
cashier  and  bookkeeper  for  J.  O.  Terry  &  Sons,  was 
temporarily  associated  with  the  timber  and  sawmill 
interests,  and  afterwards  affiliated  with  the  Barber 
Asphalt  Pavin.g  Co.  In  1886  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Hrm  of  Tupper  Bros.  Since  1S91  to  date  he  has  been 
successfully  engaged  in  business  for  his  own  account. 
Ml'.  Tupper  was  a  member  of  Company  K,  Second 
Louisian.a  Regiment,  under  Colonel  Bowling,  serving 
in  1877  when  Governor  Nicholls  was  put  in  office;  he 
served  three  years  with  that  regiment.  He  was  Vice- 
President  of  the  Eleventh  Ward  Anti-Lottery  Club, 
and  member  of  the  M,  D,  Club  in  1SS8,  and  of  the 
Citizens'  I^eague  in  1896,  Governor  Foster  appointed 
him  a  trustee  of  Southern  University  during  1893-1898, 
He  was  Vice-President  of  the  Contractors'  and  Dealers' 
Exchange  in  1915,  Mr,  Tupper  married  Miss  Mary 
Whitewell  Ballard,  They  have  no  cliildren  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Association  of  Commerce,  of  the  Boston. 
New  Orleans  Country,  Yacht  and  New  Orleans  Press 
Clubs,  and  one  of  the  best,  known  among  the  business 
men  of  New   Orleans. 


CHARLES   B,    THORN, 
(Continued  from  page   72) 

direction,  has  attained  affluent  eminence,  recently  retir- 
ing from  the  cotton  business  to  accept  an  active  vice- 
presidency  of  the  Interstate  Trust  &  Banking  Company, 
w'ith  which  institution  he  has  long  been  identified  as 
a  director,  Mr,  Thorn's  fine  work  in  l:)elialf  of  the 
local  council  of  the  Boy  .Scouts  of  America  has  brouglit 
him  most  endearingly  before  the  public  He  is  Presi- 
dent of  tlie  New  Orleans  Council,  and  an  enthusiast  in 
directi'ng  tlie  work,  Mr,  Thorn  is  a  prominent  member 
of  the  Boston  Club,  He  was  the  first  Vice-President  of 
the  New  Orleans  Country  Club,  which  office  he  retains. 
He  is  o,ne  of  the  city's  virile  promoters  of  progress  and 
growth,  who  enjoys  the  high  esteem  of  tlie  com- 
munity. 


JOHN  DAVID  O'KEEFE. 
(Continued  from  page  75) 

der  the  direction  of  Prof.  A.  S.  Lesclie.  Upon  leaving 
school.  Mr.  O'Keefe  affiliated  with  the  United  States 
Engineers'  Corps,  liut  later  entered  the  commercial 
world.  His  success  has  been  remarkable,  and  he  is 
today  a  predominant  factor  in  the  most  important 
business,  civic  and  social  activities  of  New  Orleans  and 
the  South,  As  Vice-President  of  the  Board  of  Port 
Commissioners  of  the  Port  of  New  Orleans,  his  aiiility 
and  acumen  ably  assisted  in  directing  tliat  notable 
body  to  its  present  state  of  wis-?ly  maintained  success. 
Mr.  O'Keefe  was  aiipointed  receiver  for  the  N.  O.  Ry,  & 
Liglit  Co,,  early  in  January,  1919.  b.v  Judge  Foster, 
Mr.  O'Keefe  married  Miss  Rita  L.  McDonald,  but  there 
are  no  children.  Mr,  O'Keefe  is  a  prominent  member 
of  Boston  Club,  Press  Club,  Country  Club,  Elks,  and 
various    Carni\'al    societies. 


Ill 


DAX  «.  LEHON. 

{Continui'd  from  jmtic  82) 
tlon  for  membership  in  tlie  Police  DeiJartiiU'iil  in 
ChioaKO,  and  was  appointfd  as  a  Delective  in  1X95. 
when  Civil  Service  was  first  adopted  in  CliicaKO.  He 
left  the  Police  Department  in  isaa  and  entered  the 
service  of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad,  as  Special 
Asent,  with  lieadquarters  in  Memphis,  Tenn..  whicli 
position  he  held  for  five  years,  lie  resif,'ned  to  enter 
the  service  of  i^inkerton's  Xational  IJttective  AKency, 
and  was  detailed  by  tliis  agency  in  the  protection  of 
liatrons  at  race  tracl<s,  circuses,  large  gatherings,  state 
fairs,  etc..  all  over  the  United  States,  against  operations 
of  pickpockets,  conlidence  men,  etc.  He  then  re- 
enteied  the  employ  of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  as 
.Special  Ayent.  with  headquarters  in  New  Orleans,  in 
tlie  fore  part  of  lao,'!.  wiiicli  position  lie  held  until 
August  1,  1910.  when  he  resigned  to  accept  the  position 
of  General  Manager  for  the  fe'outhern  Division  of  the 
William  J.  Burns  International  Detective  Agency,  and 
on  .July  1.  15116,  resigned  tliat  posititm  to  go  into  husi- 
ness  on  liis  own  account,  in  which  business  he  is  still 
engaged,  with  offices  in  the  Wliitncy-Central  building, 
and   a   branch    office   at   300   Canal    street. 

I-Je  is  a  memlter  of  tlie  Young  IVlen's  Gymnastic  Club, 
Knights  of  Columbus,  and  the  Association  of  Com- 
merce, lie  has  never  lield  a  political  iiosition.  either 
elective  or  appointive.  IVIr.  Lehon  married  Miss  Ernes- 
tine Cuneo.  a  native  of  Xew  Orleans,  in  June,  1906.  and 
has  a  very  interesting  family  of  four  daughters  from 
this  marriage,  he  being-  a  widower  at  the  time  lie  mar- 
ried Miss  Cuneo.  his  first  wife  having  died  in  Mem- 
phis in  1902,  there  being  three  children  from  his  first 
marriage:  Miss  Charlotte.  Miss  Eleanor  and  Jack,  all 
of   wliom    reside    in    Xew    Orleans. 


\l.KREIi    LE    BLAXC. 

( (.'o/jh'HKCrf  from  page  75) 

Holt  Line,  with  connections  in  every  important  port 
of  the  world,  and  enjoying  a  world-wide  recognition  in 
the  cotton  and  shipping  business.  Mr.  LeBlanc  is  a 
member  of  the  Boston  Club.  In  ISSl  he  married  Miss 
Jane  Stewart,  and  their  children  are  Stewart  A..  Ken- 
neth. Henry  S..  and  Josephine  A.  LeBlanc.  all  of  whom 
are  pi'ominent  in  the  local  commercial  and  social 
worlds  witli  wide  acquaintance  elsewhere. 


FURMAN  BARNES  PEARCE. 

{Continued  from  patje  75) 

with  the  degree  of  LL.D.  Beginning  his  career  in  1900 
witli  the  practice  of  law,  lie  forsook  that  profession 
upon  Ills  appointment  to  office  as  Assistant  Postmaster 
in  .S'av.annali,  Ga.  Upon  retiring  from  otfice  in  190.S 
he  remo\'ed  to  New  Orleans,  associating  himself  with 
the  Soutli  Atlantic  Steamship  Line,  of  which  concern 
he  is  now  Vice-President  and  General  Manager.  On 
August  10.  1910.  Mr.  Pearce  married  Miss  Ella  Saint, 
of  Louisiana,  and  their  two  cliildren  are  Elizaljetli 
Bowdre  and  Harriet  Murray  Pearce.  Mr.  Pearce  is 
director  of  shipping.  Gulf  Idvlsion.  Shipping  Control 
Committee  (Army  Transpoi't  Service).  He  is  also  a 
prominent  member  of  Pickwicl\.  Louisiana.  Rountl 
Table  Cltibs.  and  Motor  Leagtie  of  New  Orleans,  and 
Ancient  Landmarlc   Lodge,  F.  &  A.   M,.  of  Savannah.  Oa. 


EDWARD   S.   HILL. 

(Continued  from  page  SO) 

was  associated  with  a  Cliicago  c-oncern  until  1S9S. 
when  he  removed  to  New  Orleans,  where  he  has  since 
taken  an  active  part  in  the  commerci.al  and  social  life 
of  the  city.  Mr.  Hill  married  Miss  Myra  Richard,  of 
New  Orleans,  in  1903.  They  ha\'e  two  children.  Mar- 
jorie  L.  Hill,  aged  12  years,  and  Susette  E,  Hill,  aged 
r>  years.  He  is  a  member  of  New  Orleans  Chess, 
(^hcckei's  and  Whist.  Soutliern  Yacht,  Rotary,  anti 
Y.  M.  G.  Clubs,  also  of  the  Press  Club. 


H.    DICKSON    Co-|-lli:.\.V. 

(Continued  from  par/e  82) 

removed  to  New  Orleans,  where  he  has  since  resided. 
He  liar,  attained  eminence  as  an  operator  iii  the  cotton 
market,  and  recognition  as  a  valuable,  progressive  citi- 
zen, always  interested  in  promoting  the  public  welfare. 
Mr,  Cothran  is  a  popular  member  of  New  Orleans 
Country  Club  and  of  New  Orleans  Press  Club.  He 
married  Miss  Adelaide  Gammon.  They  have  two  lovely 
children,    who  are  Adelaide   and    Lille    Bowie   Cothran. 


.losi'ii'H  ior(;i':xi';  i;axsdeli,. 

(Continued   from    patje    24) 

tlon  soon,  and  great  herds  of  beef  and  dairy  cat- 
tle of  the  best  breeds  flourish  in  every  part  of 
Dixie,  constituting  one  of  its  most  valuable 
assets. 

In  tlie  tJenate.  Mr,  Ransdell  is  Chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  Public  Healtli  and  National  Quar- 
antine, and  I'eceritly  secured  the  passage  of  a 
law  providing  a  National  Home  for  Lepers,  where 
liiose  poor  unfortunates  from  every  state  in  the 
Union  will  be  housed  and  cared  for  humanely  and 
given  as  many  comforts  as  their  .sad  condition 
permits. 

He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Senate  Committees 
on  Public  Lands.  Commerce,  Agriculture,  the 
Na\'y.    and    Wom.an    Suffrage. 

Mrs.  Ransdell  is  greatly  interested  in  all  her 
husband's  work,  and  their  home  life  has  been 
a  happy  one.  She  belongs  to  the  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution,  was  for  four  years 
National  Treasurer  General  of  that  organization, 
takes  an  active  interest  in  war  work  in  Wash- 
ington, and  is  a  member  of  the  Ladies  of  tlie 
.Senate    Red    Cross     Unit. 


HENRY   R.    PEDARRE. 

(Continued  from  paije  78) 

no  children.  Mr.  Pedarre  is  a  member  of  Elks.  Choc- 
taw. Young  Men's  Gymnastic  Clubs,  and  Louisiana 
Motor  League.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  .Society 
of  the  Holy   Spirit. 


HUGUES  JULES  DE  LA  VERGNE. 

(Continued  from  pat/e  73) 

Tulane  University,  which  he  later  attended,  he  received 
the  degree  of  LL.B.,  in  1S8S,  and  Ph.D..  in  1893.  As  a 
lawyer,  a  colonel  on  the  Governor's  staff,  a  leader  in 
clubdom  and  society.  Mr.  de  la  Vergne  enjoys  wide 
distinction.  He  is  President  of  the  Louisiana  Colonials, 
a  member  of  the  Boston.  New  Orleans  Country,  Y.  M.  G. 
Clubs,  member  of  Louisiana  Bar  Association.  U.  S.  of 
C.  V.  Camp  l!-i:!0.  .lesuits  and  Tulane  Alumni.  He  was 
commissioned  Major  by  Governor  Blanchard.  July  9. 
1904.  and  promoterl  to  Lieutenant  Colonel  on  March  12. 
;905.  He  was  commissioned  Colonel  by  Governor  Hall. 
March  10.  19 IG.  and  Governor  Pleasant  commissioned 
him  again  on  January  27.  1917.  He  married  Marie 
Louise  S'chmidt,  daughter  of  Charles  E.  Schmidt,  an 
eminent  lawyer  of  New  Orleans,  There  are  seven  chil- 
dren of  tills  union,  wlio  are:  Marguerite,  now  Countess 
Charles  de  Bony  de  la  N'ergne.  Juilles  Hugues.  Charles 
E.  Leda.  Jules,  Jactpies  and  Pierre  Renaud.  Mr.  de  la 
Vergne  ran  for  Democratic  nominee  for  the  Louisiana 
Senate  in  1904.  and  as  Democratic  nominee  for  Lieu- 
tenant Govei'nor  of  I..oiiisiana  in  T.916.  He  was  Presi- 
dent of  the  New.  Orleans  Bee  for  three  years,  and  is 
one  of  those  combinations  of  aristocrat  and  success- 
ful man   of  affairs   peculiar   to   New   Orleans. 


WILLIAM  DAY  JENKINS. 

(Continued  from  page  86) 

Houston  and  Dallas.  Texas,  and  New  Orleans,  La.  Mr. 
Jenkins  was  born  in  Blandvllle.  Ky..  on  July  2S.  1SS2. 
the  son  of  W.  W.  and  Alice  P.  Jenkins.  His  father 
was  a  prominent  lawyer  and  .liidge  of  Ballard  County. 
Kentucky.  Mr.  Jenkins  is  a  member  of  the  New  Or- 
leans Country  Club.  Audubon  Golf.  Press,  Pickwick, 
Southern  Yacht,  Tally-Ho.  and  Elks  Clubs,  and  Associa- 
tion of  Commerce  Foreign  Trade  Bureau.  He  is  a 
bachelor. 


CAPTAIN    MILLARD    FILLMORE    BRADFORD. 

(Continued  from  page  72) 

ford's  first  marriage  occurred  in  Donaldsonville  in  1874. 
froin  whicli  marriage  there  were  four  children:  Marina. 
Irene.  May  and  ^\'inona  Bradford.  In  1S90  he  married 
Miss  Mary  Dudenheiffer.  of  New-  Orleans,  and  there  are 
nine  ciiildren.  of  whom  one  is  deceased.  Tlie  surviv- 
ing children  are:  Millard.  William.  Percy.  Oliver.  lone 
and  Lurline.  Carl  and  Bernice.  Captain  Bradford  is  a 
member  of  Elks'  Club.  Board  of  Trade  and  Association 
of   Commerce. 


113 


Cll. MILKS   ADDISON    1 1  A  I  fl'W  lOI.I.. 

(VftilH/mt'd  from  patic  8'2) 
Charles  C.  Hiirtwell.  in  1.S60.  'J'lu-  liriii  is  uric  ciT  the 
oldest  existins  in  tlie  South,  and  its  liool<s  sliov  a 
lecord  of  having  installed  a  majority  ol'  tlie  Inrge  con- 
traPls  throii;;;h  Southern  territory.  It  originally  oper- 
ated exclusively  as  a  plumhinff  and  heating  eoneern.  hut 
since  l;U3.  under  the  direction  of  its  present  President,  it 
has  become  more  widely  known  as  the  house  de  luxe  for 
electric  fixtures,  gifts  of  art  and  hric-a-hrac,  and  fur- 
niture of  rare  designs  and  maniifacture.  as  well  as 
siieciali/.ing  in  other  objects  for  creating  the  House 
Beautiful.  The  strength  of  the  House  of  Hartwell  has 
likewise  hecn  added  to  by  its  late  V'iee-1'i-esident,  Mr. 
S.  C.  Hartwell,  wlio  died  in  I'JOS  to  be  succeeded  by  the 
present  S'lce-President,  Mr.  A.  A.  Marx.  Tlie  present 
I>resident  is  likewise  Vice-President  of  the  Louisiana 
Abstract  and  Title  Company,  a  concern  filling  a  long- 
felt  need  in  this  vicinity.  He  is  Vice-President  of  the 
IJe  Soto  Hotel  Company,  and  a  Diiector  of  tlie  City 
Bank  &  Trust  Company.  He  is  a  valued  member  of 
sucli  clubs  as  Chess.  Checkers  and  Whist.  Xew  Oilcans 
Country,  Southern  Yacht,  Y.  M.  G.  C,  iOlks  and  Kniglits 
of  (^olumlius.  He  is  Secretary  of  the  Maniuelte  Asso- 
ciation for  Higher  Education,  and  in  addition  to  bis 
contribution  to  the  commercial  strength  of  the  com- 
munity, he  has  likewise  contributed  valualdy  to  its 
artistic   development. 


1 1  A M  1  "!•(  i.\    U i; Y .N'OLDS. 

(Cimtinuvd  from   patjc  73) 

lie  established  his  own  business,  since  which  time  he 
has  become  widely  known  for  bis  extensive  operations 
in  construction  of  Seventeenth  Street  Canal.  Xew  Or- 
leans; Bayou  Bienvenu  Levees;  additions  to  pumping 
stations  Xos.  1  and  2;  Hed  Cross  to  Holloway  Levees; 
fifty  miles  of  gravel  roads  in  St.  .Mary  Parish;  pile- 
driving  and  excavation  work,  Xew  Orleans  army  sup- 
l,d.v  depots. 

Mr.  Reynolds  is  exceedingly  fond  of  hunting  and 
fishing,  and  is  a  prominent  member  of  Southern  Yacht, 
Y'.  M.  G.  C.  Little  Lake  Gun  and  Rod,  Lake  Shore  and 
Choctaw  Clubs.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  B.  P.  O.  E. 
and  Louisiana  Kngineering  Society.  He  was  married 
to  Miss  lilma  Trion.  of  Xew  Orleans,  in  )H02.  There 
are   three   children,    namely,    Klton,    F.lma   and    Xydia. 


lODMiWD  1';k.\i;st   kicharuson. 

(Conlinucd  from  j)ayc  78) 
among  the  clubs  of  New  Orleans,  being  a  member  of 
Boston,  Country,  and  Southern  Yacht  Clubs.  He  is  a 
member  of  Mountain  City  Club  of  Chattanooga.  Mem- 
ber of  New  Orleans  Cotton  Exchange.  He  resides  at 
Ui);t  s't.  Cliarles  .Avenue  in  X'ew  Orleans. 


FRKD.   A.   IOARHART. 

(Continued  from  patje  7S) 
lOarhart  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy.  He 
was  also  president  of  the  State  PViarmactutical  Asso- 
ciation, and  while  devoting  the  larger  part  of  bis  time 
to  the  drug  business,  Mr.  Karhart  is  also  active  in 
other  lines  of  endeavor.  He  is  President  of  Mackie 
Pine  Company  of  Louisiana.  He  takes  active  interest 
in  politics,  and  served  as  Representative  from  the 
Eleventh  District  during  the  administration  of  Gov- 
ernors Hall  and  Pleasant.  He  married  Miss  Ida  May 
Hailes.  of  Xew  Orleans,  seventeen  years  ago.  They 
have  seven  children.  He  is  an  Elk,  member  of  W.  O.  W., 
Shriners,  Druids,  and  belongs  to  the  Masons-.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  Crescent  City 
Homestead  and  Board  of  Directors  of  New  Orleans  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy. 


ALBERT   ANDREW    VVILSOX. 

(Continued  from  pai/c  82) 
career  began  in  IDOl,  when  he  entered  the  business 
world  in  connection  with  cotton  brokerage,  which  be 
has  remained  affiliated  with  to  this  date,  being  now 
sfuioi  partner  of  the  firm  of  A.  A.  Wilson  -S  Co..  im- 
po'-tant  factors  in  llie  cotton  business.  Mr  Wilson  is 
a  member  of  the  New  Orleans  Cotton  Exchange.  He 
belongs  to  the  Masons  and  Shriners,  Xew  Orleans  Coun- 
try. Press  and  Young  Men's  Gymnastic  Clubs.  He 
married  Miss  Viva  Houston,  and  llieir  three  children 
aro'  Muriel  Haughton,  Elizabeth  Cleveland,  and  Marion 
Chamberlain  Wilson. 


•TAMES  W.   BILLINGSLEY. 

(Continued  from  page  80) 

Billingsley  is  one  of  the  well-known  men  of  the  city. 
He  is  a  valuable  member  of  the  leading  clubs,  which 
include  Pickwick,  Country,  and  Southern  Yacht  of  New 
Orleans.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Louisiana  Engi- 
neers Society,  of  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 
and  American  Highway  Association.  Mr.  Billingsley 
is   a    bachelor. 


MICHAEL  JOSEPH  ROONEY'. 

(Continued  from  page  78) 

in  the  United  States  army,  during  which  time  he  saw 
active  service  in  the  Philippines,  where  he  was  sta- 
tioned for  about  twenty-six  months.  I'pon  his  return 
to  New  Orleans,  he  was  appointed  to  bis  present  office 
as  Chief  Clerk  to  the  Mayor.  Mr.  Rooney  married 
Miss  Genevieve  Owens  on  .Tuly  ?,,  1909,  and  they  have 
one  child,  a  daughter,  May  Rooney.  Mr.  Rooney  is  a 
member  of  Elks'  Club.  Woodmen  of  the  World.  B.  K.  of 
.A..   Maccabees.  St.  Vincent  de  Paul,  and  Choctaw  Clubs. 


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Jn  ii^murtam 


CONTINUATION. 


cAi'TAix   I'lONpiJ-yroN   s.  M()i;i;is. 

(^(.'imtinued   from  pape   100) 

worldly  means  to  every  charily  ami  lived  a  liiKl), 
true,  clean  life  in  the  midst  of  the  corruption 
current  in  modern  life.  Oapt.  Morris  married 
Miss  I^illian  I.ittlefleld  of  UrunswicU.  (leorgia  on 
April  2S.  1SS6.  They  had  four  cliihlren — Pen- 
dleton Stewart,  Innis,  Stanley  Stewart  and  Kdgar 
Taylor  Morris.  The  three  sons  are  in  active  sei-v- 
ice  in  the  U.  S.  Army,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Pendle- 
ton Stewart  Morris,  Jr.  beiuK  now  with  the 
American  forces  in  Archangel,  Russia;  Lieut. 
Stanley  S.  Morris,  with  the  American  forces  in 
France,  and  Lieut.  Ed.gar  T.  Morris  with  a 
stevedore  regiment  at  Camp  Alexandria  on  the 
Atlantic  Coast.  The  daughter  is  now  Mrs.  Carey 
,1.  Ellis,  Jr.  of  Rayville,  Louisiana.  Capt.  Morris 
was  a  member  of  the  National  Guard.  He  served 
as  Captain  of  the  Brunswick  Riflemen  of  Hruns- 
wick,  Go..,  was  commissioned  by  (lov.  (.loi-don  of 
Georgia  as  Captain  of  the  Macon  Huzzars,  and 
was  later  Captain  of  the  Chickasaw  Guards  at 
Memphis.  Tenn.,  and  Captain  of  the  Cavalry  Co. 
of  New  Orleans.  Capt.  Morris,  though  loyally 
a  i-esident  of  Louisiana,  never  ceased  to  he  a 
Kentuckian.  He  was  President  of  tlie  Kentucky 
Society  in  Louisiana  and  faithful  in  his  allegi- 
ance to  the  "Blue  Grass"  State.  An  exponent  of 
the  finest  in  American  ancestry  and  develoiiment, 
(\ipt.    Morris   died   on    Sept.    24.    llilS. 


WASHINGTON  G.  BOYLAN. 

{Conthiurd  from  paf/r  104) 

children  are  a  son.  Milton  \V.  liioylan.  who  suc- 
ceeded his  fathei'  in  the  active  management  of 
the  splendid  organization  created  by  the  latter: 
a  daughter  w^ho  is  now  Mrs.  Katie  B.  Lyon.  The 
demise  of  Mr.  Boylan  on  December  2!l,  1917,  re- 
moved from  the  community  one  of  the  its  most 
loval.  devoted  and  highly  esteemed  citizens,  who 
had  fought  and  won  a  good  fight  for  public 
betterment. 


WILLIAM  PATRICK  BURKE. 

((Utiiliiiitc'd  from  page   101) 

Orleans  Country  Club,  Pass  Christian  Country 
Club.  The  Old  Colony  Club  and  the  Benevolent 
and  I'rotective  Order  of  Elks.  He  also  belonged 
to  most  of  the  Carnival  Organiz;utions.  among 
them  the  following:  The  Mystic  Krewe  of 
Comus,  The  Knights  of  Proteus.  The  Knights  of 
Monnis,  The  Court  of  Rex.  as  Duke  of  Maryuette, 
The  Krewe  of  Nereus,  Tlie  Knights  of  Mithras, 
and  the  Carnival  German.  Moreover  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Dixie,  the  Rigolets.  and  The 
Ballejo  hunting  and  fishing  clubs,  while  his  more 
serious,  reli.gious  and  patriotic  feelings  prompted 
his  membership  in  such  societies  as  the  Tula-ne 
Society  of  Economics,  Vice-President  of  the 
Marquette  Association  for  Higher  Education,  The 
General  Conference  of  the  Society  of  Saint 
Vincent  de  Paul,  The  Jesuit  Alumni  Association 
and  its  Sodality,  The  Chaplains  Aid  Society.  The 
Governing  Board  of  the  Canteen  Service  of  the 
American  Red  Cross.  The  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
The  War  Finance  Brigade,  The  Wholesale  Grocers 
Association  and  the  N.   O.  Board  of  Ti'ade. 

He  was  always  a  strong  advocate  of  education 
and  man.v  were  his  gifts  and  scholarships  to 
Catholic  institutions  of  learning.  On  the  24tli 
of  November.  1S92  he  married  Miss  iSIary  Agnes 
Cahill  of  St.  Louis  and  was  blessed  with  two 
sons,  the  elder  Nicholas  born  in  1894,  and  the 
younger  William  Patrick,  Jr.  in  1900.  In  1909 
his  son  Nicholas  died,  and  the  following  year  Mr. 
Buike    erected    a    Seismic    Observatory    at    Loyola 


University  to  his  memory.  This  was  the  first 
tiuildim,--  gi\en  to  this  institution,  which  was  at 
that  lime  in  an  embryonic  form  of  development. 
But  Loyola  was  to  receive  still  other  and  greater 
gifts    from    his    hanfls. 

It  was  in  11113,  while  he  was  acting  as  executor 
of  the  estate  of  Thomas  McDermott  that  Miss 
Kate  McDermott,  the  sister  of  the  deceased  ex- 
pi-essed  a  desii-e  to  erect  a  memorial  to  her 
brother  and  wished  to  be  advised  where  to  build 
it.  Mr.  liurke  suggested  that  as  Loyola  Uni- 
versity was  contemplating  the  erection  of  a 
magnificent  Church  to  form  the  right  wing  of 
their  imposing  quardrangle  that  this  would  be 
an  excellent  opportunity  to  benefit  both  her 
lieligion  and  the  cause  of  Education.  She 
decided  to  follow  this  advice,  and  the  first  pile 
was  driven  o?i  .luly  the  30th.  1913.  He  was  later 
made  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  Church,  called 
the  Gesu.  and  as  he  took  upon  himself  most  of 
the  responsibilities  of  its  (;onst!'U(;tion.  its  pres- 
ent perfection  may  be  largely  traced  to  his 
en<icavors. 

Needless  to  say  Mr.  Burke  was  extremely 
l)ati'iotic,  subscribed  liberally  to  the  various 
War  Loans  and  Charities,  and,  as  above  stated, 
was  himself  a  member  of  the  War  Finance 
Brig.ade.  and  the  Governing  Board  of  the  lied 
Cross  Canteen  .Service,  and  up  to  the  beginning 
of  his  last  illness  an  indefatigable  worker  for  the 
Fourth    Liberty    Loan. 

His  death  on  the  19th  of  October.  1918.  left  a 
\ery  perceptible  void  in  the  life  of  the  community. 
His  disposition  and  character,  as  well  as  his 
multitude  of  cltarlties.  most  often  known  only 
to  the  recipient,  caused  him  to  be  universally 
mourned  and  regietted.  And  although  he  no 
longer  lives  in  person,  his  illustrious  example 
wili  never  l)e  dimmed,  but  will  shine  on  forever  in 
the  lives  and  deeds  of  those  wliom  lie  molded  by 
his    friendsliip. 


CHARLE.S  ALPIIDXSO  FARWELL. 

(Contiftin'd   jrtuii   paije   !)0) 

pleasures  w'ere  chiefly  in  pursuit  of  knowledge  and 
as   collector  of   rare  articles. 

The  social  prominence  of  Mr.  Farwell  and  his 
family  brought  him  into  contact  with  the  more 
exclusive  circles  of  which  he  was  a  conservative 
but  alwaj's  charming  member.  In  1901  Mr.  Far- 
well  married  ilrs.  Stella  Evans  French,  of 
Tennessee.  Tw-o  sons  were  boiai  of  their  union, 
i.  e.,  Ch.arles  A.,  Jr.  and  Frank  Evans  Farw-ell. 
Mr.  Farwell  was  actively  affiliated  with  institu- 
tions briert.N'  listed  as  follows;  President  Ameri- 
can Protective  League,  President  Stanton  Plant- 
in.y  it  Mf«.  Co..  President  Westover  Planting  Co.. 
President  Elsinor  I'lanting  Co..  President  Oakley 
Sugar  Company,  Vice-I*resident  Honduras  Sugai- 
&  Distilling  Co..  Director  Whitney  Trust  &  Sav- 
ings Bank.  Director  Shadyside  Co..  Director 
Charit.v  Hospital.  Director  Mortgage  Securities 
Co.,  Member  Louisiana  Sugar  &  Rice  Exchange. 
Member  New  Orleans  Board  of  Trade.  Member 
Milliken  &  Farwell.  honorary  member  of  New- 
Orleans  Cotton  Exchange.  Among  clubs  Mr.  Far- 
well  favored  Boston.  New  Orleans  Press,  and 
Carnival  clubs.  He  was.  Ex-King  of  the  Carnival. 
Prominently  connected  with  Masonic  organizations 
in  high  capacities,  and  a  member  of  many  im- 
portant scientific  societies  including  the  Luther 
Burbank  Societ.v  of  which  he  was  a  life-member, 
and  others.  As  one  of  Louisiana's  foremost 
citizens.  Mr.  Farwell  stands  paramount  and  a 
recital  of  the  histor.v  of  his  career  and  personal 
Qualifications  must  serve  continually  as  an  incen- 
tive for  emulation  by  many  succeeding  genera- 
tions of  youth  ambitious  for  achievement  not 
only  in  the  commercial  world  but  pai'ticularly  in 
the  higher  and  deeper  avenues  of  development 
that  open  only  to  the  man  of  intellect  and  dis- 
criminating   taste   and   judgment. 


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CALCASIEU    PARISH 


I\    1!)1S.   CJiilcasicu    Parish   had   an   iiicToasc  of  over  l"),()lll)  aeri'S  in  the  cailtivated  farm  area,  with  ap- 
]ii(i\iiiiatelv  20,000  acres  appai-eiit  for  the  ])i-esent  year,  which   will    inak'e  llie  cultivated   farm   area 
Sdiiiething  over   100,000  acres,  which  does  nut  include  the  large  area  used  as  cattle  ranges.     The  esti- 
mated value  i)f  all  farm  products  for  the  Parish,  incduding  live  stoclc,  is  considerably  iu  excess  of  two  and 
oiicdiair  inillidn  dollars  ($2,500,000). 

This  fact  is  of  utmost  importance  and  worthy  of  consideration  by  anyone  seeking  a  hication  ;'r 
wishing  a  desii'ahl(\  place  for  recreation,  either  summer  or  winter. 

Altitude  \ai'ies  fi'iiin  sea  K'\('l  on  ihc  (iiilf  Coast  to  ovei' ^io  feci  in  liighci'  port  ions  of  Calcasieu 
Parish,     .\llitudc  at  Lake  Charles,  20  to  2.")  fed. 

Calcasieu  Parish's  highway  system,  which  is  Hearing  eomph'tion  and  allows  fur  over  two  hun- 
dred miles  of  hard-surfaced  highways,  inchuling  brick,  gra\'el  with  tarvia.  ]jlain  gravel,  and  .shell,  con- 
st rneted  at  an  expenditure  of  -$2,100,000,  with  all  bridges  and  culverts  of  concrete,  including  the  Calcasieu 
Pai-ish  highway  bridge,  which  has  six  arch  spans  each  9(i  feet  in  the  clear,  one  double-leaf  trunnion  Bas- 
cule span,  electrically  operated.  1o;i  feet  in  the  clear,  one  approach  girder  sjjan  of  30  feet  and  twenty- 
nine  girder  s]ians  each  ;io  IVet  in  ihe  eli'ai-;  tol.il  length  nf  structure  being  1,7.S2  feet  and  cost,  witli  ap- 
proaches, $175,000. 

Clviuili'. — .Send-t  ropieal.  The  winters  ai'e  very  mild.  Freezing  point  is  seldom  reached  and  neve!' 
continues  for  niori'  than  a  day  oi'  two.  Shari)  fi'osts  are  occasionally  encountered,  hut  the  ground  never 
fi'cezes.  Fielil  woric  e;in  be  done  practicallv  IweU'c  months  in  the  year.  Sunstroke  anrl  heat  prostrations 
are  ne\('r  lieaid   of. 

The  iinnual  I'ainfall  \aries  liom  -"lO  (d  (111  inches  per  annum.  (|nite  ex'eidv  disti'ihuteil  thi'oug'houl 
the  yeai'. 

lleitlHi. —  Public  health  is  unusually  good  in  SouthwesI  Tjonisiana  ami  the  (Jnlf  Coast  country.  The 
death   I'ate  pei-  thousand   inhabitants  in  the  city  po|iulation  (d'  the  I'niied  Slates  is  lit. (I. 


.Vl.C.VSIEU   BKIDGE    CAT   TOP)    LINKING  MODEL  HIGHWAY. 

115 


ilu^ustnal  ^wttuit 


THE  RACING  SEASON— WHAT  IT  MEANS 
TO  NEW  ORLEANS 


'I'lic   iKiliciii    th;il   |i:i\s  Mllclilinii   tn   its  S|i(il1s   is    llir    iiiitiiMi    lliat    |ii-iii luce-;    iiii'ii    lit    at    all    tiiilt-s   to 

(>ii.s,mi>:c   in    (he  .ureal   liattlc  <>(  lil'r  mi    llirir   nww   arrdiiiit.  tn  liatllc  rm- llic  ImiKii' (if  liii^ir  I'aiiiily  and  their 

home  ami  to  wai;'e  sueeesslii|]\   Ihdse  uivater  liattles  I'nr  the  safely  ami  security  (if  tlieii'  tiwii  home  country. 

Not  alone  are  sports  proilnetive  of  a  physically  lit  iieople.  hut   they  leiiil  a  /.est  to  life  that  makes  tlie  living 

all   the  hettei'  I'oi'  those  oHci-ed   the  oppoi'Innitv   to  en,na,uc   in    them.      Sports  ai'c  of   many   kimi   and   eliar- 

aeter.   and    like   the   tastes  of   men   they   dilVci'   materially    in    their    I'clat ionshi|i    to   each    other.      We    have 

the  sport  that  men  engage  in  for  tlicii'  own   [iliysieal    lieni'lit.  and   the  spcu't   that    pi'oduces  a  hetter  hreed 

of  liorses,  a  better  breed  of  cattle  and  a  hettei'  love  of  hnmaiiit\    on    the   pai'l    of   all    jieople   who   love   to 

indulge  in  that  kind   which   most   appeals  to  tlieii'  tastes  and  desires. 

The  great  winter  sjioi-t  of   New  Orleans  is  racing.     Like  all  s[ioits  there  are  many  opposed  to  it, 

hut   non(>  can   denv   that   hoiiestlv   ami    properly   conducted  there  is  no  spoi't  more  appealing  to  the  human 

race  as  a  whole  than  a  contest  hetweeii  thoroughljreds,    he    they    sprinters    or    harness    racers.      Kacing   as 

condiH'ted    in   .\e\v   Orleans   the   hist   three   seasons  can    he   honestly    teriued    a   clean    and    upright   sport. 

That   it   is  benelicial  to  the  city   from  a   (Inaiicial  standpoint  is  lieyond  dispute.     The  elite  of  the  racing 

world,  the  man  of  means  and  the  man  of  commanding    standing    in    industry    of    all    kinds    the    nation 

over  is   to   he   found   during   all   or   pan    of   the   racing  season  as  a  guest  of  the  city.     They  are  the  men 

who  love  racing  because  they  love  the  horse,  and  without  racing  \e\v  Orleans  jirobahly  could  not  ofTer  to 

them  the  inducement  that  would  attract  their  attention   from  their  husiness  calling  long  enough  to  pay  a 

visit  at  any  perioil  of  the  year.     True  there  would  be  the  winter  toui'ist   who  would  pay  a  visit  to  the  city 

during  his  annual   pilgrimage  of  the  nation,  hut  the  world  knows  that  the  average  mere  tourist  is  not  the 

spender  or  the  person  who  henelits  a  community  the  most  hecansr  he  never  tarries  long  enough  to  fully 

undei'stand  and  hecome  ac(piainted  with  the  actual  splendors  of  the  c imnnily  he  visits. 

Never  in  the  history  of    New  Orleans  has  the  city  hecn  so  well    patronized   by  men  of  means  as 

it  has  during  the  present  winter.     The   record   [u-oves   that   these   visitcu-s  were   attracted   by  the   racing 

going  on  and  tluit  thev  not  only  made  a  long  visit  hut  that  they  spent  money  more  liberally  and  enjoyed 

11? 


(Iicinsclvcs  tn  a  riillcr  cxlrii!  lliiiii  was  cxcr  kiKiwii  (if  mere  Icmrisl  Irailc.  As  a  result  nl'  tlicii'  visit  (lie 
lioti'ls,  ivstaiiraiits.  tlieatiTs,  lianl<s.  ciiiiinn'rcial  cntci'pi'iscs  nf  all  kinds  liaxc  liciiclitcil  to  a  larjrer  extont 
iliMii  tlit'V  possibly  c-niiM  lia\i'  was  llici-c  im  I'ac-iiii;'  tn  aiti'act  the  kind  (if  visitors  we  have  had  witli  us 
the  present  winter. 

.V  iiatinn  tliat  is  all  liusiness  and  nn  pleasui'i'  ne\'ei'  was  and  never  will  Iji'  listed  as  a  denineralie 
(ine.  Instead  it  is  tlie  lireeder  nf  ill  will  aninnfi'  its  peoples  to  the  peoples  of  freer  nations,  wliei'e 
jdeasnre  is  "iven  eipial  swa\-  with  husiiiess.  (iei'inany  was  the  ty])e  of  the  nation  lirst  rel'ei-i-ed  to,  and 
it  was  that  fanatical  observance  of  business  lirsl  llial  led  the  land  of  the  Kaisei'  to  covet  the  holilinfrs  of 
nei^'bbors.  Another  exaniple  of  wbai  lack  of  pleasiii'e  means  In  the  snceess  of  a  nation  is  furnislie(l  by 
Titissia.  What  pleasui'es  there  weie  in  that  nation  wei'e  only  for  those  who  cnnld  alford  them.  Tlie  peas- 
ant and  tlie  laborer  bad  none  and  wer<'  permitted  n.ime.  Tjltle  wonder  then  there  was  a  lack  of  Ijroth- 
erl\  love  between  the  \aricus  elemeiils  of  life  williiii  llie  iiatinn  and  that  ruin  and  destiuction.  blood- 
sheil  anil  |iogronis  are  the  (U'der  ol   the  day. 

Tliere  is  no  irettiiii,'-  away  fiiuii  the  fa<-t  that  horse  racing;-  is  <ine  id'  the  ercatest  sports  of  man. 
It  has  been  referred  to  as  the  spoi't  of  kiiii;'s,  and  sucli   it   is. 


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W.     H.     KER,     President. 

Has  i;ieen  connected  with  thu  organization  sinci-  its  li»'.L;innin^  in  lliOo,  He  possesses  knowledge 
in  his  linp  which  entitles  him  to  rank  witli  the  lead.Ms  tliiciashout  the  conntry.  A  man  of  pleasing 
liersonality:  a  Louisianian  by  birth  and  resides  in  i\e\v  Orleans,  He  prides  himself  in  the  knowledge 
that  has  governed  his  advancement  from  salesman  to  President  of  an  organization,  which  is  co-oper- 
ative and  progressive  in  every  sense.  Is  ever  untiring  in  his  efforts  to  advance  the  prestige  of  the 
entire  community.  Has  a  large  acquaintance  throughout  the  entire  South  and  is  recognized  as  a 
thoroughly   technical   and  practical   coffee  and   tea  man. 

S.     J.     CASTLE,     First  Vice-President. 

A  man  of  storling  qualities  and  wide  acquaint;inc<'  tliroii,i;liout  llu-  Southern  States;  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  Cnmpany  for  about  12  years  and  is  their  leading  salfsman.  Plome  and  headquarters 
are  at  Slireveport.  L.a.  His  importance  has  been  further  recognized  by  his  recent  election  to  the  Board 
of  Directors. 

p.    P.    GLUCK,    Treasurer. 


^u  co- 
lies 


ful     in    hi.s    line— cotton    and    banking:    of 
■nt    nf    New    Orleans. 


A    man   of    wide   acquaintance   and    very    active   a 
pleasing    personality — a    philanthropist    in    >-\ivy    sei; 

W.  E.  NORRISS.  Second  Vice-President. 

Is  well  and  favorably  known  throughout  the  Southern  States.  Highly  regarded  by  his  large  circle 
of  friends  and  customers:  has  traveled  for  the  Company  for  about  4  years.  His  ability  and  standing 
have   recently   been   rewarded   by   his   present  title.      His  home   is  New  Orleans. 


RICHARD     G.     DROWN,     Secretary. 


A  young  man  of  exceptional  ability,  possessing  many  qualities  which  are  applied  effectually  to 
his  work.  He  has  risen  from  shipping  clerk  to  the  important  position  of  Secretary.  His  duties  con- 
sist   chiefly    of    buying    the    general    equipment,    handling    city    credits   and    advertising.      Has    been    with 


the    Company    about    S    years.      His    honie    is    New    Orleans. 

C.    L.    PEAP^ON,    Asst.    Treasurer. 


A  resident  of  New  Orleans;  has  won  hi.s  adv  ancement  gradually  from  bookkeeper  to  cashier, 
thence  to  .Assistant  Treasurer.  Is  most  efficient  in  accounting.  His  chief  duties  are  handling  country 
credits    ,nid    collections.      He    is    calm,    deliberate    and    con.siderate    in    his    dealings    with    the    trade.      Has 

lieen     with     the    pniiin:in\-    alxint     seven    vears. 


AMERICAN  COFFEE  COMPANY 


OF    NEW    ORLEANS,    LTD. 


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LEYLAND  LINE 


Frederick  Leyland  o  Company,  Limited 


REGULAR  SAILINGS 

FROM  NEW  ORLEANS  for 

LIVERPOOL 

MANCHESTER 

LONDON 


M.   J.   SANDERS,   Manager 

1210-1212  HIBERNIA  BANK  BUILDING 
NEW    ORLEANS,    LA. 


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CUYAMEL   FRUIT 
COMPANY 

IMPORTKltS    AND    EXPORTERS 

BANANAS 

CUYAMEL      BUILDING 

410  AND  412   CAMP   STltEET 

NEW  ORLEANS 


DIRECT 
FREIGHT  AND   PASSENGER  SERVICE 

TO 

PUERTO   CORTEZ 

AND 
OMOA  HONDURAS 


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Qlie  Pelican  Cracker  Factory) 


--  -m 


"EF  H  H  H  E" 


NEW  ORLEANS  is  the  home  of  many  splendid  enterprises,  among  which  none  is 
more  vitally  a  factor  in  the  commercial  growth  of  the  city  than  THE  PELICAN 
CRACKER  FACTORY,  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  crackers,  cakes  and 
other  toothsome  edibles.  Its  product  is  in  demand  over  a  wide  area  of  territory, 
and  is  shipped  into  South  Carolina,  Tennessee,  Florida,  Georgia,  Alabama,  Mississippi, 
Arkansas,  Texas  and  Louisiana.  For  the  United  States  Government  alone  the  Pelican 
Cracker  Factory  now  holds  on  hand  enormous  orders  for  its  produce,  for  exclusive 
use  of  the  United  States  Government  overseas,  and  has  already  supplied  over  three 
million  pounds  of  their  product  for  governmental  uses.  Despite  this  enormous  business, 
the  output  of  this  splendid  factory  is  constantly  growing  in  favor  and  increasing  in 
demand  throughout  this  and  other  countries.  The  company  has  a  large  force  of  skilled 
employes,  employing  in  New  Orleans  3  79  people  in  their  factory  here.  They  likev>rise 
are  represented  throughout  their  territory  by  sixteen  high  class  traveling  men,  each  of 
whom  is  a  specialist  in  his  line.  The  company  employs  a  liberal  policy  of  justice, 
fairness  and  co-operation  in  its  dealings  with  its  employes,  and  conducts  its  businf'ss 
on  the  highest  principles.  Its  officers  are  among  the  well  known  men  of  New  Orleans, 
and  are  as  follows: 

E.  L.   GERDE,   President. 

CHARLES  W.  BROWN,  Vice-President. 

LYLE  A.   CARTER,   Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

A.  B.  CLARK,  Factory  Manager  and  Director. 

CHARLES  GALLMAN,   Factory  Manager  and  Director. 


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THE  LUMBER-PAPER  CENTER  OF  THE  SOUTH. 

/^XE  OF  the  fastest  growing  and  most  progressive  eities  of  Jjoiiisiana  or  the  entire  Soutli 
^-^  is  HOGALI'SA,  tlie  home  of  the  world's  greatest  sawmill  anti  the  South's  largest  paper 
manufacturing  plant.  Twelve  yeaj's  ago  the  site  of  the  city  was  covered  by  a  virgin  pine 
forest;  today  it  is  necnpiod  by  16,000  happy,  contented  people,  most  of  whom  are  engaged  in 
work  connected  with  llic  production  <>(  liinihcr  iVoni  the  Southern  pine  tree  or  with  the  con- 
version of  waste  wood  into  paper. 

One  million  feel  of  lunihei'  is  inanuractured  in  B<igalusa  every  working  da}'.  In  doing 
this,  there  are  necessarily  produced  iniiny  Ions  of  waste  material  in  the  form  of  limbs  and  tops 
in  the  woods  and  slabs  and  edgings  at  the  mill.  Formerly  only  a  very  small  percentage  of 
this  waste  material  could  be  made  into  useful  products.  In  fact,  it  was  found  that  only  one- 
third  of  tlie  tree  was  turned  inio  liiniber,  boxes,  lath  and  shingles.  Two-thirds  of  the  tree 
was  either  left  in  the  woods  or  hurnl   as  .slabs,  edging.s,  sawdust,  etc. 

I'lint  was  before  the  construction  of  the  nuignilicent  plant  of  the  llogalusa  Paper 
Conipanv.  Inc.  This  great  plant  was  built  b}'  the  same  men  who  own  the  Great  Southern 
Lumber  C'omjjany.  Their  investment  in  the  paper  mill  amounts  to  $2,000,000.  The  owners 
feel  that  the  building  of  this  paiiei'  mill  was  a  long  step  forward  towards  the  ideal  of  true 
conservation.     The  pa]ier  ])lant  o|)erates  entirely  on  waste  products. 

Illustrated  on  this  page  is  the  new  City  Hall,  of  which  every  citizen  of  Bogalusa  is 
exceedingly  proud.  Tliis  liuilding  was  erected  at  a  co.st  of  $10, 000.  Although  established 
in  1906,  Bogalusa  was  nut  incor]:)orated  as  a  city  until  July  4.  1!)14,  at  which  time  it  had  a 
jxipulatioii   of  about   lo,()00.     Tlu>  city  enjoys  a  commission  form  of  government. 

With  tlie  establishment  of  the  paper  jnaking  industry,  Bogalusa  has  become  a  VFAl- 
MAXENT  city  instead  of  being  dependent  upon  destructive  lumbering  ojjcrations  as  in  the 
past.  Wlien  the  manufacture  of  lumber  shall  have  ceased,  the  paper  mills  will  turn  to  second- 
growth  pines  for  tlieir  raw  material. 

BOGALUSA  WILL  V.K  TlIK  TIIIllD  CTTT  OF  LOUISI.VXA  WlTlllX  TlIK 
A'EXT    TEN    YEARS. 


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The 
Liverpool  &  London  &  Globe  Insurance 

Company,  Ltd. 

"AS  A  LOUISIANA  INSTITUTION" 


Has  selected   New   Orleans  as  one  of   its   four   Departments  for   the  management  of  its 
American    Business. 

Maintains   a    Local    Board    of    Managers,    comprising   four   of   New   Orleans   Representa- 
tive Merchants. 

Employs  at  its  New  Orleans  Oflice    100   persons,   consisting  of   Managers  and   Clerks. 
Has  invested  in  New  Orleans  Real  Estate  3    office  buildings  at  a  cost  of   $366,000.00. 
Pays  annually  taxes  to  New  Orleans  and  State  of  Louisiana  on   Real   Estate,    $9,840.00. 
Pays   taxes   on    its   business   operations   City    of    New    Orleans    and     State    of    Louisiana 
$12,259.64. 

Deposits  its  funds  in   four   of  New  Orleans'    Banks   from   which    Losses   throughout    the 
South   are  paid. 

Purchases  all  stationery  and  supplies  necessary  to  its  Southern   Business  from   New  Or- 
leans  Merchants  and   Dealers. 

These  facts  exhibit  how  this  Connpany  has  become  identified  with  Louisiana  which 
should  favorably  commend  it  to  the  consideration  of  Louisiana  Insurers. 


DIRECTORS 


HUNT    HENDERSON, 

JNO.   M.   PARKER, 

D.    D.    CURRAN 


OFFICERS 


CLARENCE    F.    LOW,    Manager. 

J.     G.     PEPPER,    Assistant  Manager. 

R.    H.    COLCOCK,   Jr.,    Deputy   Assistant   Manager. 


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Mex\?  Orleans  ISIational  Bank 

(•iia!i'iI':rh;d  august  1st,  isto. 
NEW   ORLEANS 

1"()1{  ks  \'KA1{S  A  I'AC'l'OH  I\  I'lIK  I'l.XAXC  lAL  AM) 
COMMERCIAL  IIISTOIJV  OF  TIIK  CITY  OF  XKW 
OHLKAXS  AND  TIIK  rKUUn'OHV  OF  WIIK  II  IT  IS 
THE   FIXAXCIAE  AXD  COM.MEUC  lAE   CAFirAL. 

CAPITAL $1 ,000,000.00 

SURPLUS     500,000.00 

UNDIVIDED  PROFITS  449,763.51 

$1,949,763.51 

NOTE: — The  amount  of  Capital  contributed  by  shareholders 
was  $200,000.  The  additions  to  make  up  the  above  total 
came  from  Earnings  alone. 


toward 


'j  invite  all  classes  oi'  hanking'  l)usiness  and  will  welcome  interviews 
and  correspondence  with  ^reat  interest.  Our  service  and  our  attitude 
the  husiness  oi'  our  customers  A\il!  please. 

Check  Accounts  Rent  Collections 

Savings  Accounts  Income  Collections 

Special  Deposits  Loans  and  Discounts 

Certificates  of  Deposit  Correspondent  for  Banks  and 
Collections.  Foreign  and  Raidsci-s 

Domestic  All  othei'  kinds  of  hanking  and 
(Our  service  covers  the  world)  financial  affairs. 


OFFICERS 

ADOLPII    KATZ   President 

R    E.  CFcAIG  1st  Vice-President  and  Chairman  of  the  Board 

FERDINAND    KATZ Vice-President 

ALVIN  P.  HOWARD  Vice-President 

FRANK    E.    RIESS    Cashier 

CHARLES  E.   STEVENS  Asst.   Cashier 

DIRECTORS 

GUS.    IJ.    BALDWIN.  U.    MARINONI.    Jr. 

A.    Baldwin    &    Co.,    Ltd.  Attorney  at  Law 

H.   F.   BALDWIN  D.     B.    MARTINEZ 

R.    E.    CRAIG  ^-  Koen  &  Company.  Wholesale  Cigars 

1st  Vice-President  and  Chairman  of  the  Board  E.    L.    POWELL 
ALVIN    P.    HOWARD  American   Creosote  Works.  Inc. 

3rd  Vice-President  J-  C!.   Rainwater  Lumher  Co. 

ADOLPH    KATZ  President  San   Ramon   S.   S.   Co. 

Cuyamel  Fruit  Co.  LOUIS    P.    RICE 
FERDINAND    KATZ  Louis   P.   Rice    &    Co.,   Saddlery 

2d  Vice-President  j     a.    SALMEN. 
Mayer  Realty  Company  Vice-President  Salmen  Brick   At   Lumber 

GUSTAVE    LEMLE  Co.,  Ltd. 

New  Orleans  Attorney,  Illinois  Central  System.  e     q     SCHLIEDER 

Attorney,  New  Orleans  National  Bank,  Etc.  President  American  Brewing  Companv 

JAS.    J.    M ANSON  S.    ZEMURRAY 

Manson  Bros.,  Salt  S.  Zemurray  &  Co.,  Fruit. 


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New  Orleans  Credit  Men's  Association  Exerts  Constructive 
Influence  on  Southern  Business. 


N<  'WIIErtK  has  the  modern  science  of  organized 
lo-operntinn  reached  such  development  as  in 
(he  United  States,  where,  more  than  in  any 
other  country,  it  has  preserved  its  appropri- 
ate character  of  an  aid  to.  rather  than  substitute 
lor.  individual  initiative,  and  where,  under  sane 
Tf^ulation  thmui^h  a  li-i;is]ati ve  jjolicy  wliich  rocuK- 
nizes  that  principle,  a  system  of  co-operation  in 
business  has  been  evolved  whicli  not  only  adapts 
itself  to  the  rc(|uirements  of  each  class  of  industry, 
but  includes  inter-industry  organizations  desi;?ned 
to  work  out  joint  prolileins  bearing  upon  tlie  various 
Ithases  of  commercial  activity.  [M'ominent,  or  even 
pre-eminent,  among  tlie  latter  class  is  tlie  National 
Association  of  Credit  Men.  composed  of  122  local 
associations  in  tlie  principal  cities  of  the  country, 
witli  a  total  membtrship  of  1^7.000  business  con- 
cerns. Of  these  constituent  associations  the  New 
Orleans  Credit  Men's  Association  may  be  considered 
typical,  having  been  or,i;anized  in  March,  ISOG.  the 
first  organized  in  the  South,  and  one  of  the  many 
wliich  at  the  same  time  be^an  springin.er  up  all  over 
the  country.  The  remarkable  initial  impetus  of  the 
credit  association  movement  was  due  to  the  realiza- 
tion of  the  necessity  for 
improvement  in  credit 
conditions,  which  were 
in  a  deplorable  state, 
each  firm  acting  for  it- 
self, on  the  principle  of 
stealing-  business  from 
each  other,  and  naturally 
largely  ignorant  of  or 
disregardinjL;  the  logical 
basis  of  credit.  As  said 
by  one  of  its  officials, 
the  New  Orleans  associa- 
tion practically  started 
itself,  growing  out  t>f 
the  recognition  of  the 
fact  that  such  conditions 
were  not  only  wasteful 
and  destructive  of  busi- 
ness from  the  standpoint 
t'f  the  manufacturers, 
jobbers,  wholesalers  and 
bankers  in  whose  inter- 
est it  was  primarily  or- 
ganized and  has  been 
conducted,  but  unjustly 
burdensome  to  their  hon- 
est and  worthy  custom- 
ers, and  unduly  encour- 
aging' to  the  dishonest 
and         unreliable.  The 

sjioutiuieity  and  strength 
of  the  movement  is  indi- 
cated by  the  fact  that  in 
June.  1896.  a  national 
convention  was  held,  at- 
tended by  representa- 
tives of  6(1  local  associa- 
tions; and  the  New  Or- 
leans organization  has 
been  closely  identified 
with  the  national  move- 
ment from  its  inception. 
The  New  Orleans 
Credit   Men's   Association 

was  reorganized  and  incorporated  in  lOOV.  and  ranks 
high  among  local  organizations,  its  membership  on 
March  1,  li)18.  comprising  36S  firms  in  New  Orleans 
and  others  of  the  larger  towns  in  the  State  and 
vicinity.  More  effectively  to  serve  the  latter  it  is 
contemplated  that  eventually  branches  will  be  estab- 
lished in  the  principal  outlying-  towns  in  its  vicinity, 
reporting  to  the  New  Orleans  office.  It  is  not  merely 
a  deliberative  oody.  but  an  active  business  institu- 
tion, carrying:  out  the  fundamental  principles  of  its 
foundation  in  a  concrete  business  service,  in  spacious 
offices,  and  with  a  clerical  force  of  ?,2  people.  Next 
to  its  basic  purpose,  "to  establish  closer  acquaint- 
ance and  to  encourage  and  promote  confidence  and 
co-opeiation  among  credit  men."  and  "to  jiromote 
the  higher  education  of  credit  men."  its  most  im- 
portant function,  embodying  in  a  striking  manner 
the  co-operative  spirit,  is  the  credit  information 
service,  in  which,  through  its  large  membership,  it 
is  able  to  render  exceptional  service.  It  has  been 
;iptly  described  as  an  interciiange  of  ledger  infor- 
mation, any  member  desiring  knowledge  as  to  the 
(  redit  of  a  prospective  customer  being  advised  with 
what  other  members  he  has  done  busin 'ss.  the  ex- 
tent of  it,  and  all   facts   bearing  upon  his   reliability 


VV.    P.    SIMPSON.    President. 


— a    regular    open    competition    plan,    witii    "all     the 
cards  on  the  table." 

Another  purpose,  "to  secure  the  economical  liqui- 
dation of  overdue  accounts."  is  accomplislied  through 
its  collection  department  with  marked  efficacy,  with 
the  important  further  effect  of  encouraging  pi'ompt 
payment  by  customers,  who  realize  that  delinquency 
affects  tiiem  with  all  their  creditors.  Many  claims 
Iiandlerl  by  it  are  collected  without  cost,  a  large 
proportion  at  a  cost  of  two  i)er  cent,  and  experience 
shows  that  many  which  ai-e  uncolleetable  could  have 
been  collected  if  placed  with  the  association  more 
promjitly.  Another  allied  function  is  "to  administer 
involved  estates  so  as  to  jjroduce  maximum  returns 
at  a  minimum  cost,  and  these  two  brandies  of  work 
are  handled  under  competent  management,  backed 
by  thorough  knowledge  of  the  commercial  laws  of 
the  several  States,  with  the  aid  of  specially  selected 
attorneys 

Another  of   its   objects,    not    less    important.    Is   "to 
assist    honest,    fmancialiy    embarrassed    merchants," 
and  in  no  other  branch  of  its  work  appears  so  clearly 
the  broad  constru<-ti ve  character  of  the  organization. 
It   is   founded    on    the    i»rinciple    that    the   function   of 
credit    is    not    to    destroy 
but     to     build     up     trade. 
and   that  co-operation,   to 
be    fully    effective,    must 
not   be   confined    to   mem- 
bers,    but     must     be     ex- 
tended   to    their    custom- 
ers.      Fi'om     tliis     stand- 
point    a     customer     who 
may,  for  the  time,   be  an 
undesirable    one.     but    is 
capable     of     being     con- 
verted   into    a    good    one. 
is    an    asset     to    be    pre- 
served; and  many  a  ctis- 
tomer     has     through     its 
assistance        and         wise 
counsel    been    tided    over 
a     crisis    and    placed    on 
his      feet      again      better 
than  before.      For  in   this 
work  education  is  a  great 
factor,      and      frequently 
the  fault  has  been  found 
to   be   improper  methods, 
and       by       showing       the 
debtor    how     to    put     his 
business      on      a      sound 
li;isis.    he    has    been    able 
to    continue    and    become 
a        valuable       customer. 
Prominent  along  this  line 
has    been     the    campaign 
of  the  association  to  en- 
couraging better  account- 
ing in   retail   business,   to 
enable    the    merchant    to 
know     his     costs,     assist 
Iiim    in    paying    his    bills, 
and     of     late,      to     know 
where    he    stands    on    tax 
matters.    The  association 
has    also    been    active    in 
promoting      the      use      of 
trade     acceptances,      and 
has    met    with    marked    success    along    this    line:    and 
considering   the  wide  field  of  its  work,   which    is   not 
limited   to  any  one   line  of  trade,  but  has  to  do  with 
fundamental    conditions    in    numerous    lines,    it    has 
been   .a   potent   constructive  force   in   business   circles 
in   its    territory,    and    has   accomplished   a  good   hard 
fight  to  realize  in  building   up  and  making  more  etTi- 
cient    the   commercial    forces   therein. 

On  the  other  hand,  it  is  the  unrelenting  foe  of 
commercial  dishonesty,  and  one  of  its  objects  is  "to 
build  a  fund  with  which  to  prosecute  the  fraudulent 
and  dishonest."  This  fund  is  a  substantial  one.  and 
is  drawn  upon  whenever  necessary  to  prosecute  those 
guilty  of  fraud  in  any  form  affecting  its  members. 
This  is  not  done  in  any  vindictive  spirit,  and  even 
here  justice  is  often  tempered  with  mercy;  but  it  is 
felt  that  the  high  standard  whicli  it  endeavors  to 
maintain  in  commercial  life  can  be  preserved  only 
by  making  an  object  lesson  of  violators  of  the  law; 
and  if,  after  the  careful  investigation  which  is 
always  made  in  the  case,  is  found  to  be  a  proper 
one  for  prosecution.  It  is  taken  up  and  pushed  with 
energy 

Another  of  its  pronounced  objects,  "to  secure  legis- 
(Con tin  iird    on    paije    1 2S. ) 


CIIKDIT  MEN'S   ASSOCIATION. 

(('(mtiiiuril   from    pa;/':    127.) 

latHin  tVir  tlio  |)i'i)iniition  of  honesty  in  Ini.siness."  is  of 
.siniil:ir  cliaiacter.  J I  lias  been  active  in  l<eepinH  in 
touch  witii  the  course  of  lOKisIation  in  Louisiana  and 
nearby  States,  ami  in  recoinincndins  legislation  de- 
sis'ned  to  maintain  correct  prac'ticcs  in  Imsiness;  and 
among  other  concrete  results  may  be  mentioned  the 
lollowini;  acts  placed  on  the  statute  books  of  Louisiana 
at   its  instiyaticn: 

i^roliiliilins  prison-made  articles  from  lieing  sold  in 
competition  with   free  labor. 

licmilatintr  tlic  sale  of  merchandise  in  bulls  or  out 
of  the  usual  coui-se  of  business  (mai<inK  it  difficult  to 
defraud    ci-editors    l)y    that    means). 

i*ro\idin.i<  penalties  for  tlie  makins  or  usin.g  of  false 
statements  to  obtain   mone>'  or  property  on   credit. 

Fi-oviding  penalties  for  .i-'iviny  checks,' drafts  or  ordei-s 
on  any  liank  or  depositary  wiien  the  drawer  has  not 
sufficient   funds  or  ciedit   to  cover. 

To  make  the  stoi-y  complete,  mention  must  be  made 
of  the  close  co-operation  and  interchanse  of  informa- 
tion with  other  credit  men's  associations,  through 
wliich  tile  cooperative  principle  is  carried  out  to  its 
full  logical   extent  and  with   tlie  maximum  efficiency. 


Tiie  New  Orleans  Credit  Men's  Association  Is  man- 
affed  by  men  prominent  in  the  business  world,  not  only 
in  tiie  city,  but  throughout  Louisiana  and  other  States. 
Tliey  are  men  who  have  been  identified  with  it  for  a 
long  time,  and  have  lieen  prominent  in  tlie  shaping 
of  its  policies:  and  their  liigit  standing,  as  well  as 
that  of  the  firms  whose  credit  interests  they  represent, 
is  of  itself  a  sufficient  guarantee  of  tlie  maintenance  of 
tlie  iiigli  standard  it  has  set  for  itself.  Its  president 
is  VV.  P.  S'impson,  president  of  tlie  C.  T.  Patterson 
('ompany,  Ltd.,  and  its  vice-president  is  ,1.  A.  Badger, 
second  vice-president  of  Woodward,  Wight  &  Co.,  Ltd. 
G.  Owen  Vincent,  vice-president  ('ommercial  Trust  and 
Savings  IJank,  is  cliairman  of  JOxecuti\'e  Committee. 
All  tliese  gentlemen  serve  without  pa.v,  gi\'ing  their 
time  and  energy  freely  for  the  uplifting  of  business 
in    tlieir    McId    of    work. 

Tlie  active  management  of  tlie  office  is  in  tlie  capaijle 
hands  of  T.  .1.  Hartlette,  until  recently,  credit  manager 
of  Wiiiiams-Richardsim  Company,  Ltd.,  wlio  lias  been 
secretary-treasurer  of  the  Association  for  twenty  years, 
and  during  his  long  connection  with  tlie  organization 
lias  played  a  most  important  part  in  the  development 
of  its  work  which  has  greatl.v  contributed  to  its 
success. 


Orleans  Cotton  Mills,  Inc. 

Was  ui  .uani/.n!  in  Unil.  with  two  timusand 
spiiuUfs  till-  the  manufacture  of  yarn.  A.s  turn- 
went  by,  the  mill  lias  grown  and  prospered,  until 
today  it  has  rive  thousand  one  hundred  and  eighty- 
four  spinning  spindles,  one  thousand  four  hun- 
dred twisting  spindles,  and  runs  day  and  night, 
with  a  force  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  skilled 
operatives. 

Today  the  mill  is  turning  out  the  very  best 
quality  and  highest  grade  of  yarn,  which  is  con- 
verted into  duck  and  other  fabrics  used  in  im- 
mense quantities  by  tlie  Quartermaster  and 
Ordnance  Departments,  for  equipment  for  troops 
for  overseas  service.  Since  the  entrance  of  the 
United  States  into  the  war.  the  n;iill  has  devoted 
its  output  exclusively  to  Government  require 
ments. 

The  new  mill  building  of  modern  day-light 
factory  construction,  containing  the  most  ap- 
proved and  sanitary  plumbing  fixtures,  drinking 
fountains,  and  individual  lockeis  for  each  em- 
ploye, has  ju.st  lireii  coinpb'tpd,  and  t!u-  new 
marhiiicr\'    iiista]l''il    l  hnrin. 

The  employes  of  the  Orleans  Cotton  IVIills,  Inc.. 
tri\ly  feel  that  they  are  a  part  of  the  army  be- 
hind the  lines  and  that  tiiey  are  doing  their 
best  towards  winning  the  w.i.r,  as  every  hour  of 
their  labor  helps  to  make  something  which  the 
soldier  boy  will  need  when  he  goes  over  the  top. 
This  mill  is  owned  ciitii cly  b.\  New  t  M  h.-uns 
people  and  the  officers  and  operating  staff  are 
as  follows: 

MR.    \V.    L.    I.vVNDAU.   President. 

MR.    HARRIS    HYMAN,    Vice-President. 

MR.  A.  K.  LANDAU.  Treasurer  and  Secretary. 

MR.    \V.    IWSSMUKE,    Night    Superintendent. 

MR.    E.    GASTAUER,   Day   Spinning   &.   Twist- 
ing   Supt. 

MR.   H.    VV1R13ED.  Dav   Carding   Supt. 

MR.  F.  (iASTAUEIi,  Foreman  of  the  Packing 
&  Shii)ping  Department. 
It  is  a  source  of  gratification  to  the  manage- 
ment that  most  of  these  foremen  have  been 
steadily  employed  with  this  Company  for  periods 
varying  from  five  to  twenty  years,  and  the  aver- 
age length  of  employment  of  the  operatives  is 
seven  years. 

The  manasrement  is  always  glad  to  extend  the 
opportunity  to  ambitious  boys  and  girls  to  learn 
a  well-paying  trade,  at  which  they  can  always 
get  steady  employment,  good  wages,  and  con- 
siderate treatment,  in  addition  to  being  paid 
while   learning. 


HENRY    PETERS 

.All  of  the  romance  of  the  sea  attaches  to 
the  business  career  of  Henry  Peters,  contract- 
ing stevedore,  and  Mr.  Peters  and  his  equip- 
ment of  large  marine  derricks  and  their  ma- 
chinery play  a  large  part  In  the  maritime  com- 
merce ol:  New  Orleans.  At  one  time  the  huge 
fifty-ton  capacity  derricks  are  lifting  from  the 
bottom  of  the  Mississippi  slimy  wreckage  of 
steamboats  of  other  generations;  at  another 
they  are  raising  a  steamboat  which  may  have 
listed  too  far  from  Injudicious  loading,  and 
still  again  the  stevedore  and  his  crew  may  be 
unloading  the  valuable  mahogany  logs  for  the 
Otis  Company  or  transferring  the  Italian 
marbles  from  Leghorn  to  the  railway  cars 
from  the  ships'  holds.  Mr.  Peters  handles 
heavy  sugar  machinery  for  houses  in  Cuba  and 
Porto  Rico,  and  at  odd  times  fishes  up  lost 
caliles  for  the  Telephone  or  Railway-Light 
companies.  Mr.  Peters'  two  derrick  boats  are 
the  Louisiana  and  the  New  Orleans,  and  they 
are  probably  the  most  powerful  boats  on  the 
river  or  in  the  South.  The  Louisiana  picked 
up  a  6,5-ton  steam  shovel  at  Red  River  and 
carried  it  quite  a  distance,  and  its  average 
day's  work  in  handling  marble  is  moving  fifty 
blocks  from  a  ship  to  a  freight  car.  The  New 
Orleans  was  the  first  derrick  boat  to  go  through 
Southwest  Pass,  and  brought  up  all  the  ma- 
cliinery  for  the  coaling  station.  Mr.  Peters  is 
a  valuable  citizen  of  New  Orleans,  and  resides 
at   3026  IJrsuline   Street. 


(MILLION  DOLLAR  HOME) 

New  ORLEANScr 


OCCUPIES   AN   ENTIRE  SQUARE   BARON NE  &  PERDIDQ  STS. 
FAMOUS   FOR  ITS  CREOLE  CUISINE 


12S 


Marine     Bank     &    Trust    Company 

NEW  ORLEANS, 

The  Marine  Bank  and  Trust  Company,  of  New  Orleans,  is  one  of  tlie  youngest  active 
financial   institutions  of  the   South. 

On  the  morning  of  February  Gth,  191S.  Mr.  I.,.  M.  Tool,  who  had  been  identified  with  an- 
other Bank  in  New  Orleans  tor  over  25  years,  anounced  the  organization  of  tile  Marine  Bank 
and  Trust  Company.  In  the  prospectus,  which  was  s(mt  to  prospective  investors,  the  capital  was 
fixed  at  .$4n0,n00.00,  and  the  stock  was  offered  on  the  basis  of  $125.00  per  share,  which  provided 
a  surplus  fund  of  $100,000.00.  Within  three  days,  the  capital  was  very  largely  over-subscribed; 
total   applications   for  stock   exceeding    ONE     MllJ>ION    DOLLARS. 

The  organization  of  the  Bank  was  completed  in  record  lime,  the  Bank  opening  for  business 
in  its  temporary  quarters  at  732  Gravier  Street,  on  March  ISth,  191S,  just  40  days  after  the  an- 
nouncement of  its  Organization,  with  full  paid  capital  and  surplus,  and  over  TWO  AND  ONE- 
HALF   MILLION   Deposits. 

The  Officers  are: 

L.    M.    POOL President 

J.     A.     BANDI Vice-President 

W.    T.    MARPIELD Cashier 

W.    J.    PILLOW Assistant  Cashier 

All  of  the  Officers  have  had  practical  Banking  experience,  and  been  actively  identified  with 
Banking  and   Business  interests  in   New  Orleans,  Louisiana  and   Mississippi  for  years. 

The  Directors  are  successful  and  aggressive  business  men  of  New  Orleans  and  the  Terri- 
tory served  by  the  Bank;  and  represent  every  class  of  business,  which  is  handled  through  New 
Orleans  and  financed  by  New  Orleans  Banks. 

The  activities  of  the  Bank  include  all  Branches  of  Banking  and  Trust  Business,  covering 
the  entire  field  adjacent  to  New  Orleans,  which  includes  practically  all  of  Mississippi  and 
Louisiana. 

The  Bank  enjoyed  a  successful  business  from  the  start,  and  in  less  than  Six  Months'  time, 
the   deposits   were   nearly   $5,000,000.00. 

With  the  development  of  general  business,  and  particularly  foreign  business  through  the 
Port  of  New  Orleans,  the   Marine  Bank  and   Trust  Company  is  destined  to  play  an  important  part. 


COMPLIMENTS    OF 

COLUMBIA  SUGAR  CO. 

FRANKLIN,    LA. 


120 


MAGINNIS  COTTON  MILLS, 

E.  V.  BENJAMIN,  Owner.  W.  LOBER  LANDAU,  Manager. 

The  Maginnis  Cotton  Mills,  specializing  in  Cement  Bags,  is  the  largest  concern 
of  its  kind  in  the  country.  Large  scale  specialization  and  studious  attention  to  detail 
are  the  secrets  of  its  success.  Covering  a  territory  ranging  from  coast  to  coast  and 
from  the  Great  Lakes  to  the  Gulf,  the  concern  numbers  amongst  its  satisfied  customers 
the  most  powerful  corporations  in   the  cement  world. 

Indicative  of  the  new  spirit  in  business  and  hence  worthy  of  special  note,  is 
the  splendid  co-operation  existing  between  the  management  of  the  Mills  and  the  em- 
ployees. The  comfort  and  welfare  of  the  latter  are  constantly  a  matter  of  consider- 
ation. The  Mills  have  a  grocery  department,  where  foodstuffs  are  sold  to  employees 
at  cost.  A  large  restaurant  is  run  on  the  same  basis.  The  management  has  instituted 
a  liberal  benefit  system  embodying  the  principle  of  voluntary,  contributory  social  insur- 
ance. The  employees  pay  10c  weekly  to  the  Mills'  benefit  society.  In  case  of  ill- 
ness they  receive  the  attention  of  specialists  and  when  necessary,  treatment  in  the  pay 
ward  of  a  hospital.  Wages  of  members  on  the  sick  list  are  paid  in  full  by  the  manage- 
ment for  twenty  w^eeks,  which  period  may  be  extended  at  the  management's  discretion. 
In  case  of  the  death  of  a  member,    the  Mills  pay  $100.00  to  the  dependents. 

In  short,  the  Maginnis  Cotton  Mills  make  a  point  of  satisfaction — satisfaction 
to  customers  and  employees  both.  The  former  has  always  been  a  point  of  business. 
It  is  the  latter  which  is  now  being  stressed  for  the  first  time.  Present  indications 
point  to  a  new  era  in  industrial  relationships.  The  management  of  the  Maginnis 
Cotton   Mills   takes   great  pride   that   here,    as  elsewhere,  it  is  well  up  in  the  van. 


NEW  YORK  SAN  FRANCISCO  SEATTLE  PORTLAND 

W.  R.  GRACE  &  CO. 

QUEEN  AND  CRESCENT  BUILDING 

NEW    ORLEANS,  LA. 

IMPORTERS,  =^^^====^  EXPORTERS, 
STEAMSHIP    AGENTS 


BRANCH   OFFICES   IN   ALL    PRINCIPAL    CITIES    OF 
CENTRAL   AND    SOUTH     AMERICA. 


LONDON: 

GRACE    BROTHERS    &    CO.,    Limited. 


1.30 


MENGE  MARINE  HARDWARE  &  SUPPLY  CO.,  Inc. 

Menge     Block — Canal,    Common.    S.    Peters    and    Fulton    Streets. 

wa.s  orgaiiizpil  on  Junuaiv  1st.  llil.'i.  uiul  began  business  al  338  Camp.  The  Company  grew  so  rapidly 
tliat  it  was  necessary  for  tliem  to  obtain  larger  quarters  and  they  were  .successful  in  securing  the 
entire    square    on    Canal    Street,    neai"    tlie    river.  . 

TlK'ir  location  is  an  ideal  one  and  they  are  carrying  the  largest  and  most  complete  line  of  Ship 
(_^handlery  .South  of  the  Jlason  and  Dixon  Line,  they  are  Stem  to  Stern's  outfitters,  carrying  every- 
thing   in    stock    pertaining    to    the    building,    repairing   and    provisioning   of   vessels. 

The  following  well  known  business  men  of  the  Crescent  City  constitutes  the  officers  of  the  Com- 
pany, R.  H.  MacLeod.  President;  M.  B.  Griffin,  Vice-President;  L.  I£.  Blanchard,  Secty.  and  Treas., 
and    J.    H.    Menge,    General   Manager. 

The  genial  general  manager  has  been  identified  with  the  Steamship  and  Steamboat  business  for 
the  past  twenty  years  and  the  name  of  Menge  is  a  guarantee  to  all  Steamboat  and  Steamship  cap- 
tains  of   fair    treatment   and    dealings.  ,    . 

Besides  the  general  officers  mentioned  above,  tlie  City  Sales  Department  is  under  the  supervision 
of  Mr.  A.  P.  Barba,  long  identified  with  the  Ship  Chandlery  business,  the  Engineering  Department,  Jlr. 
F.    C.    Lacassagne;    the    Shipping   Department.    Mr.    Jeff.    P.    Robinson. 


JOHN    H.    MURPHY    IRON    WORKS 

MANUFACTURERS  AND  CONTRACTORS 


NEW  ORLEANS, LOUISIANA,    U.    S.    A. 


Vacuum     Pans,     Coil     and     Calandria 
Webre    Multiple    Effects 
Centrifugals    and     Mixers 
Crystallizers,     any    type 
Return     Current     Juice     Heaters 


Internally     Fired     Boilers 

High    Pressure    Boilers   Fitted   with   Steel    Casings 

Quinn   Flat  Top  Bagasse   Furnaces 

Juice  and  Syrup  Tanks 

Oil    Storage   Tanks,   all   sizes   and   shapes 


AGENTS  FOR  BLAKE— KNOWLES  PUMP  WORKS 


Large  Stock  of  New  and  Second  Hand  Machinery 


13 1 


CHAS.  \V.  SHEPARD 


PETER  P.  GLUCK 


F.  C.  SHEPARD 


SHEPARD   8   GLUCR 


Cotton    Commission 
Merchants 


NEW  ORLEANS 


Members 
New   York   Cotton    Exchange. 


Established 
1829. 


Cable  Address:    SLOAN 

Codes: — Shepperson's  1878-81; 

Myers'  39th   Ed.:    A.   B.  C.  5th   Ed. 


N.     P.     SLOAN     COMPANY, 

COTTON     MERCHANTS    AND    EXPORTERS. 

Main  Office:  310  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 


N.    P.    SLOAN,    President. 

R.    J.     McKEOWN,     Treasurer. 

H.    V.    SLOAN,    Vice-Presi 

dent. 

BRANCH    OFFICES 

W.     H.    DUNN,    Secretary. 

Domestic 

Foreign 

New  Orleans,   La. 

New  York,   N.  Y. 

Havre,  France. 

J.   I).  Morhan.  Mgr., 

K.   A.    Bedell,   Mgr. 

John   Griffin,   Mgr. 

S17   Perdido   Street. 

Utica,    N.   Y. 

Milan,   Italy. 

Fort  Worth,  Texas. 

J.   H.    Mum  bower,   Mgr. 
Savannah,  Ga. 

L.   L.   Alsina,   Mgr. 
Charlotte,   N.   C. 

J.   L.   Bussey,   Mgr. 

Alfred   Firth,    Mgr. 

Fall    River,   Mass. 
J.    H.    Jackson,    Mgr. 

New   Bedford,   Mass. 

Chester    W.    Chase,    Mgr. 

Malcolm    P.    Hoover,    Mgr. 

Barcelona,  Spain. 
J.    W.    Bingham.    Mgr. 

Den    Hague,    Holland. 
Fred.   MuUer,   Mgr. 

Greenville.  S.  C. 

D.   Byrd    Miller,   Mgr. 

Boston,    Mass. 

P.    A.    Sears.    Mgr. 

Kobe,  Japan. 
J.    Grover    Sims,    Mgr. 

LaGrange,  Ga. 

Providence.    R.    1. 

Liverpool,   England. 

n  wigg    Stuart,    Mgr. 

E.    S.    Harrington.   Mgr. 

Herbert     <t      Witter.     Rep'fs 

Full  Cargoes  Cotton  to  European  and  Asiatic  Ports  Our  Specialty.     Stocks  concentrated  at 

principal  ports  for  that  purpose. 

Orders  solicited  for  the  purchase  juid  sale  of  cotton  for  future  delivery.      WIRE  OR  TELE- 
PHONE NEAREST  BRANCH  OFFICE  FOR  OUR  LIMITS.     We  are  always  in  the  market. 


132 


THE  JOHN    B.  HONOR    CO. 

LIMITED  


STEVEDORING 
CONTRACTORS 


227  S.  FRONT  STREET, 


TELEPHONE     MAIN     1399 
AT     NIGHT:— UPTOWN      1185 

WALNUT  158  NEW  ORLEANS,   LA. 


Louisiana  Railway  &  Navigation  Company 

EDENBORN  LINE 

THE    SHORTEST    HOl^TE  THE    NICEST    TRAIXS 

AND    THEINIOSr    CONVENIENT    SCHEDITLES 

liETWEEN 

NEW  ORLEANS  SHREVEPORT 

ALEXANDRIA  BATON  ROUGE 

on.  BURNING  ENGINES         FAST    FREIGHT    SERVICE 
OESERVATTON    PAREOR    CAFE    CARS 

E.    C.    D.    MARSHALL 

(icucrdl  Frcii/Jit  (tiid  Passenger  ^If/iiit 
SHREVEPORT,    LA. 


133 


UNITED  IRRIGATION  8  RICE  MILLING  CO. 

OF 
NEW  ORLEANS,   LA. 

Wnil    ()!•■  KICKS   AT 

CROWLEY,  ESTHERWOOD,  GUEYDAN, 

KAPLAN  AND  ABBEVILLE 

owiiiii"'  and  fontrollinu  llioiisaiids  of  at'iT-s  of  the  clioii-i'st  lands  in  Sontlnvest 
Louisiana,  and  a  xcrv  laryc  canal  ivrination  system.  otT'ers  unsurpassed 
facilities  to  the  farmer. 


GALLAGHER     ^^     ^^^^^^ 
TRANSFER 
AND 
STORAGE  GO. 

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii  ^  ^#    \p  r^  "^ 

TRANSFER. 

After  the  new  residence  has  been  chosen,  the  next  important  thought  is  moving.  In  your  place, 
include  the  large  padded  vans,  electric  vans  and  smaller  wagons,  with  "The  World  Moves — So 
Does   Gallagher."      It    means    efficiency    and    satisfaction. 

PACKING    AND    SHIPPING. 

We  maintain  a  regular  force  of  expert  packers:  trained  the  Gallagher  way.  The  best  packing 
materials  are   used.      Expert   packers  combined   with   first   class    material,    insures    perfect    packing. 

STORAGE. 

Finest  warehouses  and  facilities  for  storing  household  goods.  Conveniently  located  on  Jackson 
Avenue  and  Camp  Place.  Separate  private  rooms  and  open  storage.  Satisfied  patrons,  our  most 
valued   asset. 


134 


THE  JOHNSON  IRON  WORKS,  Ltd. 

P.   O.   1U)X   840  NEW   OULKANS,    J. A. 

Machine,   Forge  and  Pattern  Shop    and    Brass    Foundry,    with 
Wharf  and  Facilities  for  General  Marine  Repair  Work. 

MORGAN,    PATTERSON    AND    SEGUIN    STREETS 

Telephone    Algiers    101 


HULL   AND   CONSTRUCTION   YARD 
Bayou  St.  John 

Telephone  Galvez  SU 


(Established  IHH.l) 


MENTE  &  COMPANY 


MANUFACTURERS  ANT) 
IMPORTERS 

BURLAP   AND   BAGS 
COTTON  PATCHES 
BAGGING  AND  TIES 
TWINE 

NEW  ORLEANS,   U.   S.   A. 


135 


LOYOLA  UNIVERSITY 

lir.St        M|lliHi|         ilS        iImiiIS        S.'VC-ll 

years  uk"  ^>h1  it  has  guiie  un 
steadily  incroasins'  from  yeai- 
to  year  until  at  present  it 
comprises  eleven  distinct  de- 
partments. The  X'niversity  Is 
admirahly  situated  in  the  Har- 
den district  of  New  Orleans, 
on  St.  Charles  Ave.,  opposite 
Audulion  I'ark.  In  response  to 
the  demand  of  the  public  and 
to  meet  the  wishes  of  his 
(irace,  Arcliliishop  Ulenk,  tlie 
Jesuit  l''alhers  opened  this 
University  in  llUl.  The  Uni- 
\'ersitv  groiii>  of  buililinj^s  in- 
cludes Maniuette  Hall,  the 
I.,ouise  C  TlKMuas  Hall,  the 
McDermott  .Memorial  Church 
and  the  Nicholas  T).  Burkes 
Seismic  Observatory.  T  h  e 
style   of   architecture    is   Tudor 


riie    llrst    of    the    buildintrs    erected    was    the 
Hurke,    in  memoriani  of  their  son,   Nicholas 


Gotliic,    material    useil    is    tariestry    brick   and    Indiana    limestom-. 
Nicholas    I).    Hurke   Seismic   Observatory   by    ilr.   and   M  rs.    Wni.   I 
D.    Burke.      Thonuis    Hall    was   donated    by    Mrs.    S.    O.    Tlionias. 

The  Churcli  of  the  .Most  Holy  Name,  the  McIJermol.t  Memorial,  was  erected  by  Hiss  Kate  McDermott 
in  memory  of  her  brother.  It  is  a  pure  type  of  tlie  'I  udor  Gothic  and  is  the  most  beautiful  buildinK  in  the 
Crescent  City.  Its  lofty  tower  can  be  seen  miles  away.  The  Gesu  is  now  beins  equipped  according  to  the 
liemands  of  ecclesiastical  art  in  the  most  thorouKli  and  artistic  stvle,  and  it  will  stand  as  a  splendid  monu- 
ment to  the  charity  of  a  noble  w^oman.  The  main  altar  was  donated  by  Lawrence  Fabacher,  which  was 
brousht  from  Italy.  The  altar  rail  of  carved  Carrara  marble  was  given  bv  Mrs.  Nicholas  Burke.  A  side 
altar,  the  Sacred  Heart,  was  given  by  Mrs.  John  IJou  glas,  another  side  altar,  the  Saint  Ignatius  bv  Mr 
and  Mrs.  Wm.  P.  Burke  and  will  stand  as  a  memoriani  of  the  late  Wm.  P.  Burke  A  third  side  iilta'r  the 
first  erected  in  the  new  church,  was  donated  by  Mr.  and  Mrs,  K.  J.  Kobet.  in  honor  of  the  Blessed  Virgin 
All  altars  are  of  pure  AVhite  Carrara  marble.  Stations  of  the  Cross,  representing  the  Sacred  Passion  of 
Our  Lord,  were  donated  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Swarbriek.  The  shrine,  St,  Anthony,  was  donated  by  the  workmen 
on  the  chureli,  many  of  whom  were  non-Catholics.  Another  shrine,  that  of  St,  Anne,  was  the  gift  of  Miss 
Anna    McNeil. 

The    eleven    ilepartments    that    comprises    the    courses  offered   at   Lovola   University   are: 

(^oUegiate-i'lassical  Course:  A  four-year  course  leading  to  the  Degrees  A.  B.  and  A.  M.:  Collegiate-Scien- 
tific Course:  Degree  B.  S.;  Law  Course:  Degree  L.  L.  B. :  Dental  Course:  Degree  D.  D  S  •  Pharmacy  Courses- 
Degree  Ph.  D.,  l>egree  Ph.  C.:  Post  Graduate  Medical  Course:  Wireless  Telegraphy;  Two-year  Business 'course; 
Marine  Architectural  Course:  Degree  M.  A.;  Drafting  Course,  and  Oratory  Course.  The  Jesuit  Fathers  have 
always  been  convinced  that  a  complete  education  means  the  training  of  the  whole  man  mentally  morally 
and  physically.  Kxcellent  facilities  for  the  department  of  athletics  are  provided  at  Lovola,  a  well  equipped 
gymnasium  and  a  magnificent  stadium  offer  the  student  unsurpassed  opportunities  for  the  proper  training 
of   the   body. 

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&  Co. 

COITON  BROKERS 

217  Varieties  Place 
NEW  ORLEANS,   LA. 

Members 

N.   O.   Cotton  Exchange 

N.   O.   Future  Brokers  Ass'n 

LEHMAN  BROS.                                              Estaolish.-d 
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Lehman,  Stern  &  Co., 

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COTTON  MERCHANTS 

840  UNION  STREET 

NEW    ORLEANS,    LA. 

Liberal   Advances   Made   on 
Consignments 

Special    Attention    Given    to    the   Sale    of 
Cotton  on  F.   O.   B.   Terms 

Orders  for   Future   Contracts   Executed   on   the 

New  Orleans,   New   York   and    Liverpool 

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faciiin'  Ijafayette  S(iiiare.  op- 
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Telephone  Main    378 
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Chicago    Board    of    Trade 
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280  to  286 
Inclusive 


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COAL  COMPANY,  Ltd. 

OFFICE    AND   YARDS 

Clio  and  Magnolia  Streets 

P.   O.   BOX    1269 

NEW   ORLEANS,    LA. 


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Elder,  Dempster  &  Co., 

Liverpool,    Elngland 

The  Prince  Line,  Ltd. 

Newcastle-on-Tyne,    England 

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Ilrolhers  of  tlie  Holy  Cross  and  located  on  the 
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some  of  the  most  successful  men  in  the  country 
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729  IBERVILLE  STREET 


NEW  ORLEANS,  LA. 


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High-Grade 

Cigars  and  Tobaccos 


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child  of  the  most  limited  means  to  open  an 
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first  and  most  important  step  in  the  devel- 
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Chartres  and   Iberville   Sts. 

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R.  G.   BUSH.  JR.,  Vice-President 
P.  .1.   Stou.se,  SecTftary-Treasurer 

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AND 

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Phones    (City):    Main   2774  and   4194 
Long   Distance   42 

1012-13-14    HIBERNIA    BLDG. 
P.  O.  Box  52  7        NEW  ORLEANS,  LA. 

Specializing      in      the    direct      distribution      of 

Louisiana  Cane  Granulated  and  all  direct 

Consumption   grades   of   Louisiana 

Cane    Products 

LOUISIANA  SUGAR  CO. 

GENERAL   COMMISSION 
MERCHANTS 

Solicit   Consignments   of 

SUGAR,  MOLASSES, 
RICE 

J.   M.  Burguieres,   President 
E.  A.   Pharr,   Vice-President 
E.  A.  Burguieres,  Treasurer 

840  GRAVIER  STREET 

NEW  ORLEANS 

Stauffer,  Eshleman  &  Co. 

HARDWARE 

Fine  Cutlery,  Guns, 
Ammunition,  Iron,  Nails, 

Metals, 
Agricultural  Implements 

511  to  513  Canal  Street 

115  to  129  Dorsiere  Street 

510  to  520  Customhouse  Street 

NEW   ORLEANS 

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DOOR    COMPANY 

MANUFACTURERS    OK 

Sash,  Doors,   Blinds  and  Mill 
Work  of  all  Kinds 

Having  the  largest  oiit- 
])\i\  i'or  any  Sash  and  Door 
Faclory  in  Louisiana,  we 
can  fill  all  orders  with  the 
greatest  facility. 

ESTIMATES    ON    PLANS    CHEERFULLY 
FURNISHED 

P.    O.    Box    1550 

NEW    ORLEANS,    LA. 


Poitevent    S    Favre 
Lumber  Co. 

MANUFACTURERS 
OF 

PITCH  PINE 

Main    Office   and    Mill: 
Mandeville,   La. 

Branch    Office: 

New   Orleans,    La. 

SHIPPING   POINTS: 

Gulr'port,    Miss.;    Ship    Island,   Miss.; 
Mobile,  Ala.  and  New  Orleans,  ha. 

Cable    Address    POITEVENT. 


JULIUS 
WEIS  &  CO. 

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Cotton   Factors 

AND 

Commission   Merchants 


8 1  7  GRAVIER  STREET 


NEW    ORLEANS 


Anderson  Clayton  8 
Company 


Members 

New    York    Cotton    Exchange 

New    Orleans    Cotton    Exchange 

Associate    Members 
Liverpool    Cotton    Association.    Ltil. 


K.   A.   BEVERIDGE,  Mngk. 

827  (tHavier  Strket 

Ne^v  Orleans 


OFFICES 

Houston  S avail  nail 

Oklahoma  City  Atlanta 
Boston 


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INDEX 

Page 
A 

Abaunza,  Gonzalo 61 

Alexanrler,  Lester  F , -  76 

Alexandei-,  Mark  Leigh  .*. _-  79 

American  Audit  Co.,  The  _  136 

American  Banlv  &  Trust  Co 138 

American  Coilee    Co 119 

American  Securities  Corp 138 

Anderson,  Clayton  &  Co 144 

Area   - _ 14 

B 

Bailey,  TTon.  James  J.  . 64 

Barr,  L'obert  Julius  - '''4 

Beer,  H.  &  B „ 141 

]-!chre,  ChaTies  lienry                                 - 7'? 

Behi-man,  Hon.  Martin               28 

Bentley,  Joynison  &  Co.              .-. 140 

Billingsloy,  James  W 80 

Bogalusa  ■■ ■ 123 

Bott,  Fred.  W ..  60 

Bovlan.  Washington  G 104 

Bradford,  Millard   Filmore  72 

Brasco's  Restaurant  136 

Brittin.   Abraham   _ - 71 

Browne,  Eppes  Wayles  90 

Buie,  Duncan  7.T 

Burke,  William  Patrick '.  101 

Buja,  Albert  Joseph 83 

Buitman,  Jr.,  Anthony  Fred  46 


Cabrera.  Jose  I! ,  74 

Calcasieu  Parish _ : 115 

Capdevielle,   Paul    _ 69 

Carlisle.  Tom  Fennell  66 

Chalona.    Joseph  43 

Clark,  John  P :. 52 

Climate :. - 12-13 

Cothran,  H.  Dickson 82 

Curran,  D.  D 58 

Cuyamel  Fruit  Co 121 

Columbia  Sugar  Co 129 

Cypress  • 11 

D 

Dantzler,  John  Lewis  74 

Dawkins,  Hon.  Ben.  C - 33 

DeGrange,  Joseph  H ,.. — 71 

De  lia  Vergne,  Hughes  Jules  73 

Denegre.    George  70 

de  Roaldes,  Arthur  Washington  97-98 

Dickinson.  Edwai'd  Foster  39 

Dixf)n.  Brand t  V.  B : 56 

Doullut.  Paul  - 68 

Drawe.  Jules  J 79 

Duggan,  Maginnis  &  Co - 140 

Dunwody,    Robson  ~ 62 

Dussel,  Alex    64 

E 

Earhart,   Fred    A _ 78 

Ebaugh,  John  Lynn  60 


INDEX-Continued. 

Pajje 

Kll is.  Caswell  P 53 

Ellis,  Crawford  Hatcher  - : 54 

Kst()i)iiial,  Jr..  Albert  ' - 87 

RwiiiLT.   rjobert  I. « 47 

F 

Farwell.  Cliarles  Alphonso 99 

Fcitcl,  Dan  W 84 

Flint-Goodridge  Hospital  137 

Ford,  ,) olni  McWilliams  89 

Foster,  Murphy  J 77 

Freeman,  'riioinas  .T.  ^7 

G 

Gallagher  Transfer  and  Storage  Co.,  Inc 1  '■'•  I 

Gas    ■ Ill 

Ga\-,  Edward  J 2o-26 

Geibke,  Charles  F -  76 

Grace,  Fred  J (57 

Grace  &  Co.,  W.  K 13n 

Green,  Aubrey  L 95 

Greenlaw,  Eclward  Punnels ■'^7 

Grunewald,  Bcnediel  Moret      70 

H 

Halliday.  Alex  M 45 

Hardwoods 1 1 

Harriss.  IJaymond  Francis  T)5 

Hartwell,  Charles  Addison '. 82 

Health   Record  13 

Heller,    Maximillian- 56 

Heniean,  Josepli  P , , 72 

rierii,  Geortje  Alfred .; 53 

Herold,  Sidney  Levy 91 

Hibernia  Bank  &  Trust  Co ..  138 

Hill.  Edward  S 80 

Holmes.  Williams  Clay 93 

Hoi V  Cross  College  1 42 

Honor  Co.,  Ltd.,  The  John  B * 1 33 

Hotel  DeSoto  ....: 1 28 

Hotel   llonteleone  139 

Hiis:hes.  Thomas  Poland  92 

Hvams  Coal  Co..  Lfal..  Robt.  P , 141 


Irion,  A'alentine  King .77 


Jacobsen,  Hans  A.  M 86 

Jahncke,  Ernest  Lee  54 

Jenkins.  'William  Dav  86 

Jeter,  John  W.  A.  ..." 92 

Johnson  Iron  Works,  Ltd.,  The - 135 

K 

Kausler,  George  Shall  71 

Kelly,  Thomas  J Ido 

Kemper,  Charles  Delaware -  44 

L 

Lafayette  Hotel  de  Luxe,  The  141 

Lancaster.  William  Blair  81 


INDEX-Continued. 


Page 

Loliiiiiiii.   Stern  &  Co ,.  140 

Lelioii,    Dan    S ...  82 

Le    l^laiic,    Alfred    ...  ?o 

Le  Bour<;v())s  fr  Busii,  Inc.  ■ 143 

Lcvert,  John     B 51 

Levovt,  R.  L 1 4 1 

Lewis,  Ernest  Sidney  .'. 30 

Leyland  Line  ;.• 120 

Liverpool  S:  London  &  Globe  Ins.  Co 124 

Live  StorJv  Industry ., 18-1  i) 

Long',  George  ; 85 

Louisiana 1-3 

Louisiana  Railway  &  Navigation  Co 133 

Louisiana  Sugar  Co 143 

Loyola  University  ...  136 

JI 

Magijinis  Cotton  Mills  _ .v  18(i 

Maiionev,  Edwin  L  ..  83 

Maloney,  Paul  H '. 81 

JMarine  Bank  &  Trust  Co '. 129 

Martin .  Whitmel  1  P :..  27 

ifatas,  Rudolph 37 

JLithews,  Charles  S .'. .: ;. 35 

J\Iatthews,  Fredei'ick  Warner  .• .■ -79 

McCarthy.  Jr.,  Richard ;..! '. 81 

McLeod,  William  ( 'harles  .....:....." 81 

Men.ge  Marine  Hdwe.  i*v:  Supply  Co.,  Inc. l.'l! 

Menioriains   : 9G-105 

Mente  &  Co. , : : 135 

Michell,  Bernard ; ; 41 

Michel,  Jno.  T : $...... : 63 

Mineral  ; ;: : 11 

Monroe    : 94 

Monroe,  Hon.  Frank  A '. 29 

Montgomery,.  Charles  Dickens  79 

Moore,  Daniel  D '.. 49 

Morrii5,  Captain  Pendleton  S 100 

Mouton,  Hon.  Fernand  ....'. '23 

Murphy  Iron  AVorks.  John  H 131 

X 

National  Resources  of  Louisiana  10-21 

National  Sash  &  Door  Co 144 

Naval  Stores  Industry 20 

New  Orleans  ' 4-9   and   16-18 

New  Orleans  Business  Men's  Racing  Assn 117-118 

New  Orleans  Credit  Men's  Association  127-128 

New  Orleans  Naticnifll  Bank  12fi 

0 

Oil  10 

O'Keefe.  John  David  75 

O'Neill.  Hon.  Chas.  A 30 

Orleans  Cotton  Mills,  Inc '. : 128 

Overton,  John   H 83 


Pa]ier   Industry   20 

Parsons,  Edward  .\lexander  ._. 76 

I'earce,  Furman  Barnes  ~ - 75 

Pedane,  Henrv  R 78 


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Abbot,    Giiulcr 51 

Ak-xanikT,  M.  L I'.i 

Ak'xaiuk'r,    James    \V.     ...  IS 

Allun    &    Friedrichs    .     ...  fit 

.Mvarado,  Gen.  Salvador  .          .  lio 

.\iiu-ricaii    Brcwt-ry l():i 

.\iiu-rican   SuRar   Rclining  Co.  Dfi 

Haird,     1.    Piarluii 70 

Hallard,  Marshall S.'j 

I'.ankers   Loan  &  Securities  Co.  110 

Harr,    John    C '.''i 

Hebrnian,  Martin,  Mayor          .  (i 

Bogalnsa '.(4 

Ikigakisa   Merchants   ....  '.Ki 

Honey,  Richard  K 30 

Piooth.  .•Xndrew   II ">() 

Hott,   Fred  W 38 

Hrennan,   H.   McEvoy.     ...  28 

Hrooks-Scanlon  Lumber  Co.  .  64 

Brown,  Wm.   P 112-113 

Bnja,   Al.   J 65 

Burgheim,  Clarence  A.     .     .     .  46 

Burke,   Porteous    R 5'J 

Cabera,  Jose  R 43 

Cahn,  F'dgar  M 75 

Calcasien    National    Bank    .     .  90 

Cak-a*jieu  Parish 01-92 

Capdevielle,   PanI     ....       22-23 

Caribbean  &  Southern  S.  S.  Co.  125 

Carter.   H.   J 62 

Christy,   Edgar   .\ 62 

Cline,   Isaac   M 54 

Collins,    Robt.    P 62 

Consumers    Electric    Light    & 

Power  Co 109 

Cosmopolitan   Hotel   ....  124 

Coupon  Cigar  Stores  ....  106 


Dameron-Pierson   Co.,   Ltd 
Dameron-VVhite  Co.,  Ltd. 
Dantzlcr,  John   L.  .     . 
Davis,  George  H.     .     . 
de  la  Vergne,  Hughes  J 
Denechaud,  J.   F.     .     . 
Derbes,   Rudolph  J..  Jr. 
Dibert,   John   .... 
Dowling,  Oscar,   M.   I). 
Downman,   Robt.   }L  . 
Donllut    &   Williams    . 
Drewes,    E.    C.    .     .     . 


109 


41 
38 
114 
17 
63 
77 
79 


Earl.  George  G.  .     .     . 
Ellis,    Crawford    H.      . 
Estopinal,  Hon.  Albert 
Estopinal,  Dr.  Jos.  A. 
Ewing,  Col.   Robert     . 


59 
75 
56 
79 
82 


Favrot,    Chas.   A 84 

Favrot,   Lionel    F 72 

Feitel.  Dan  W.,  Bag  Co.     .     .  62 

Ferguson,   P.   L 79 

Fettis,  Clarence  E 71 

Field,   Al.   G 77 

Fitzpatrick,    Harry        ....  79 

Fitzpatrick,    J.    J 80 

Florio,   Joseph    P 120 

Ford,   James   P 34 


Page 

Forticr,  Jas.  J.  :\ 58 

b'ostcr.  Sen.   Murphy  J.   .     .     .        80 
[•"ruit    Dispatch    Co 123 


Gelbke,    Clia^.    F.     .  . 
Gilbert,   VN'illiani    K. 

Glascr,  Michael  .     .  . 

Glisson,  Jas.  li.  .     .  . 

Goreau,  Thos.  \V.  .  . 

Grace,  Fred  J.     .     .  . 
Grossman,    Dr.    Gustav 


26 

70 
84 
74 


54 


Hardin,  Jeff  D 15-16 

Heard,  Wm.  W 57 

Hecht,  R.  S 15-16 

Hecht,  Rudolph  S 39 

Henson,  Clarence  C 31 

Hibernia  Bank  &  Trust  Co.     .     122 

Holmes,   William    S 58 

Hotel    Biloxi 108 

Hudson,   W.   0 15-16 

Hughes,   Thomas    R 44 


Jackson     Brewery 102 

Jung,    Louis    A 37 

Jurgens,  George  B 36 


Kahle,  P.  Jorda,  M.  D.     .     .     .       35 
Knop,    Louis 36 


La.  Railway  &  Navigation  Co.  125 

Land,  Alfred   D 35 

Landry,  Robert  S 119 

Lazaro,   L 29 

LeBIanc.  A 78 

Ledbetter,  Dr.  B.  A 76 

Lewis,   Lieut. -Col.   Thomas   J.  42 

Loeb,   Ernest    M 15-16 

Louisiana  Sugar  Industry  .       97-98 
Louisiana    State    Rice    Milling 

Co 123 

Lovejoy,  William   C 37 

Lyman,  G.  V.  W 55 

Lyons,  Dr.  S.  M 67 


Mahoney.  l\dwin  I.  . 
Mangham,  Frank  J. 
Martin,  WJiitmell  P.  .  . 
Mayo,  Col.  John  P.  .  . 
McChesney,  T.  S.  .  .  . 
McCloskey,  Hugh  .  .  . 
McGilvray,  William  A.  . 
Metaire  Cemetery  Ass'n. 
Mexican    Navigation   Co. 

Milner.   P.   M 

Milliken    &    Farwell    .     . 
Morgan,   Howell   .  .     .     . 

Aloore.    D.    D 

Moore,    Levering     .     .     . 


Nathan.  Edward  .  .  . 
National  Brewing  Co. 
Newman.  Harold  W.  . 
Newmyer,  Arthur  G. 
New  Orleans  Item  .  . 
Nix,  John  D.,  Jr.  .  . 
N.  O.  Railway  &  Light  Co 
Nola    Film    Co.   .     .     . 


74 
66 
32 


5-16 
18 
62 

107 
S9 
20 

124 
62 
81 


71 
.      102 

24 

86 
88-89 

74 
.  105 
.      127 


O'Cwnnor,  Chas.  D.  . 
Odenhcimer,  Sigmund 
O'llara,  Joseph  A.  . 
Otis  Manufacturing  Co. 


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15-16 

52 


10?- 


I'an-.'\merican  Life  Ins.  Co     .  77 

Penick   &   Ford 107 

I'enick,  William  S.  .     .     .     .     .  34 

Picheloup,   Maurice      ....  51 

Porteous,  Wm.  A 75 

Prados,    Rufus   II 74 

PMtnam,  Oscar  L 117 


Ransdcll,  Sen.  Joseph  E 
Reyes,   Octavio   ... 
Reyn<dds,  Jas.  W.  .     . 
Riling,   George,   Mayor 
Roy,  William   F 


Scanlon.   .M.  J 

.Schorr,  Jno.  W 

Simon,    Joseph 

Sisal   Industry 

Sloan,  Matthew  S 

Sneath,  Sanmel  B 

Southern   Pacific   Lines  .     .     . 

Stafford,  E.  M 

Stair,   Chas.   A 

Standard   Brewery 

Standard  Oil  Company  of  La. 

Steele,   Ollie   B 

Sullivan,  W.  H 


Te.xas  &  Pacific  Railway 
Thomson,  James  M.     . 
Thomson,   Paul  J.  . 
Thompson.  William   B. 
Turnbull,  Jas.    1". 


Union  Sulphur  Mines 
Unsworth.    Dr.   Chas.   V. 


V'an  de  Ven.   Right  Rev. 


50 
68 

59 
90 


64 

48 

lis 

61 

70 

116 

103 

41 

53 

102 

126 

73 

93 


104 
8.'! 
87 
49 
39 


90 


69 


VN'eiss.  Leon  C 49 

Wermuth.   Chas.   E 40 

White,  Ernest  -A 57 

Whiteman,   .Mbert   W.     ...  58 

Whiteman.  Henry  C 58 

Whitney  Central  Banks  ...  121 

Wilbert,   E.  G 39 

Wilbert,    Frederick 78 

Wilbert.  Maj. 'Peter    G.       .     .  53 

Willis,   James    C 40 

Wilson.  Andrew  H 33 

Wisner,   Edward 115 

Wolf.    Samuel 56 

Wren.  William  M 27 

Wright,   James    L 47 

Wynhoven,  Rev.  Peter  M.  H.  69 


Yellow  Pine  Industry    .    99-100-101 


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